where angels hang around

a hundred miles out of little rock, windshield full of rain, i-40 eastbound drivin' while i pray, she's asleep in the backseat, holdin' tight to her teddy bear, she's got her daddy's smile and her momma's hair, but one word knocked our lives off track, just one word keeps us comin' back, chorus: across the mississippi, a mile or two from beale street, not too far from graceland, where the king of rock and roll sleeps, to a place for children, where god sends his mercy rainin' down, in the heart of memphis, where angels hang around, all the deals i've made with god, the conversations that we've had, tryin' to accept things i could not understand, i wanna walk her down the aisle, while those church bells ring, see her get the chance, to live all her dreams, but one word knocked our lives off track, just one word keeps us comin' back, chorus, so sleep tight baby while these four wheels roll, 'cause just beyond the clouds there's a ray of hope, there's a place for children, where god sends his mercy rainin' down, in the heart of memphis, where angels hang around