I saw you on the street Monday
Lonely & broken down
You were reading the newspaper headlines
Your head bent low to the ground
Bent so low to the ground
You looked much worse than I ever remember
Like a princess losing her crown
I wanted to take your hands with my hands
And pick you up
Pick you up from the ground

So rise up little angel
Rise up from the ground
Rise up like the sun in the morning
Rise up from the ground

These people 'round here they drink too much
They smoke and they fight and they eat and they cuss
Living alone on these tombstone streets
Will bring you down 
Bring you down to your knees

So rise up little angel
Rise up from the ground
Rise up like the sun in the morning
Rise up from the ground

Bears and misfits, freaks & slaves
Wait for your rise like the swell of a wave
You can shiver with the addicts and dance with the snakes
But the smoke will clear and the clouds will break

It's been seven years since you got here
Where the hills all slump in shame
And though nobody writes about you
The children all sing your name
All sing your name

So rise up little angel
Rise up from the ground
Rise up like the sun in the morning
Rise up from the ground