Origineel
[Verse 1]
I used to like
Making love then
Getting up
And never having to explain
I've always been free
I never could see me
Dragging no ball and chain
I like running around
And being tied down
Never was my cup of tea
But since I've been holding an angel
A little heaven's rubbing off on me
[Chorus]
And I'm beginning to like just sitting and holding hands
Looking into her eyes I'm thinking about future plans
And then I get the feeling that the life that I'd been leading aren’t all it's cracked
Up to be
Since I've been holding an angel
A little heaven's rubbing off on me
[Verse 2]
I used like
To spend the night
Sitting on an old bar stool
Drinking wine and killing time
With all over those other fools
But since you took my hand
I think I understand
It aren’t the way it outta be
Since I've been holding an angel
A little heaven's rubbing off on me
[Chorus]
[Outro]
Since I've been holding an angel
A little heaven's rubbing off on me
Vertaling
[Verse 1]
I used to like
Making love then
Opstaan
En het nooit uit te hoeven leggen
Ik ben altijd vrij geweest
Ik heb me nooit kunnen zien
Geen bal en ketting meeslepend
Ik hou van rondrennen
En vastgebonden zijn
Was nooit mijn kopje thee
Maar sinds ik een engel vasthoud
Een beetje hemel is wrijven op mij
[refrein]
And I'm beginning to like just sitting and holding hands
In haar ogen kijkend denk ik aan toekomstplannen
And then I get the feeling that the life that I'd been leading aren't all it's cracked
Up to be
Sinds ik een engel vasthoud
Een beetje hemel is op mij afgewreven
[Verse 2]
I used like
To spend the night
Zittend op een oude barkruk
wijn drinkend en de tijd dodend
Met al die andere dwazen
Maar sinds je mijn hand nam
denk ik dat ik begrijp
It aren't the way it outta be
Since I've been holding an angel
A little heaven's rubbing off on me
[Chorus]
[Outro]
Since I've been holding an angel
A little heaven's rubbing off on me