Angels Unaware

He said, "My name is Gabrielle Thomas

I just blew in from out of town

My work keeps me on the road

But it's the best job that I've found

I don't mind the silence

Or the Super 8 Motel

And I've never met a person yet

Without a tale to tell"

He said, “I know you I heard you say

‘Jen, true love has no pride’

You gave Angela and Joe a lift

That night they didn't have a ride

Across the room Elaine has

Drawn your face a hundred times

I don't believe blood alone

The only tie that binds”

Sit right here rest your bones

No one's ever so alone

Take the world down off your shoulders

I don't know why and how

All I know is here and now

You can take the world down off your shoulders

He said, “I'm moved to tenderness

By what we cannot bare

Humbled by what we can and do

And learn to share

Seems I traveled years and years

And yet I'm still sitting here

Nothing ever seems to change

Just the dates and just names”

He said thank you for the coffee

And for the extra cream

You seem to know instinctively

That things are never what they seem.

You never know what might blow

In the door from anywhere

And how many of us entertain

Angels unaware