Cover art for Angel by Fleetwood Mac

Angel

Fleetwood Mac
Track 11 on Tusk 

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Oct. 12, 19791 viewer22.7K views

Angel Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Sometimes, the most beautiful things
The most innocent things
And many of those dreams, pass us by
Keep passing me by

[Chorus]
You feel good
I said it's funny that you understood
I knew you would
When you were good, you were very, very good

[Verse 2]
So I close my eyes softly
'Til I become that part of the wind

That we all long for sometime, yeah
And to those that I love, like a ghost through a fog
Like a charmed hour and a haunted song
And the angel of my dreams
Angel of my dreams

[Chorus]
(You said) You feel good
I said it's funny that you understood
I knew you would
When you were good, baby
You were very good
[Verse 3]
I still look up, when you walk in the room
I've the same wide eyes, now they tell the story
I try not to reach out, when you turn 'round you say hello
And we both pretend
I'm no great pretender

[Verse 2]
So I close my eyes softly
'Til I become that part of the wind
That we all long for sometime, yeah
And to those that I love, like a ghost through a fog
Like a charmed hour and a haunted song
And the angel, angel of my dreams
Angel of my dreams

[Verse 4]
I still look up, yeah
I try hard not to look up, yeah
That girl was me, yeah
Track a ghost through the fog, yeah
A charmed hour and a haunted song, yeah

[Outro]
Track a ghost through the fog, baby, yeah
Track a ghost through the fog, baby
Ooh, you try hard
But you'll never catch me, yeah
That girl was me
Ooh, you try hard
But you'll never catch me, yeah
Ooh, that girl was me

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What has Stevie Nicks said about the song?
Genius Answer

Nicks shared in the liner notes:

A song about Mick. Not so much my love affair with him. I was always taken with his style, and in those days he would walk in the room and I would just look up. ‘I still look up when you walk in the room… I try not to reach out.’ It’s all about him and his crazy fob watch and his really beautiful clothes. He’s a very stylish individual and I was just this little California girl who’d never really known anybody like him.

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