Guardian Angel

I have a guardian angel I keep him in my head And when I'm afraid and alone I call him to my bed I have a guardian angel Who keeps bad things from me The only way to ruin it would be for me not to trust me The only way to ruin it would be for me not to trust me I have a guardian angel Who's often saved my life Through malevolent storms and crystal drums The angel on my right Has lifted me up and set me down Always showing me what's right And if my instinct proved me wrong The angel set it right And if my instinct proved me wrong The angel set it right I have a guardian angel I keep him in my head And when I'm having nightmares He shows me dreams instead I have a ring I have a dress I have an empty shell By the books below tea cups I've kept a kind of hell By the books below tea cups I've kept a kind of hell Panic and anxiety so often in my head But I had a guardian angel Who took care of me instead The champagne cork, the nightlight owl A raven and a duck The seed of pining parents And your despairing love The seed of pining parents And your despairing love Love and luck both having charmed lives Can change all things about I had a guardian angel That's what this is all about I have a guardian angel I keep him in my head And when I thought I was alone He saved my life instead And when I thought I was alone He saved my life instead --- Guardian Angel - Lou Reed