Lyrics
He is a farmer, and one morning
They came to take his farm away
The corporation is taking over
There goes the food on down the road
Without warning, he heard them saying
They'd come to take his love away
They say he is too bold, and his clothes are too old
And his hair is turning gray
Identity, the angels came and they took it away
Memory, from moment to moment
Then it fades away
I want to live in peace
And make it better, but I won't lie
Well, I know that you care for meaning and money
It's too bad you'll never care about me
He got a job, and with a reprimand
The boss said maybe he could stay
And do his lousy job, but he should hide his sex
Make his weird friends stay away
With a bus ticket going one way
They told him leave his own hometown
From the welfare line and on to doing time
His only crime was being poor
Identity, the angels came and they took it away
Memory, from moment to moment
Then it fades away
I want to live in peace
And make it better, but I won't lie
Well, I know that you care for meaning and money
It's too bad you'll never care about me
The thunder flashing in the evening sky
He met a victim of circumstance
Whose body was too tight
And so they danced all night
Sidestepping memory to take a chance
Without deceiving, without believing
Is it even in the end?
With the devils on the one hand
And the angels on the other
What is this compared to heaven?
Identity, the angels came and they took it away
Memory, from moment to moment
Then it fades away
I want to live in peace
And make it better, but I won't lie
Well, I know that you care for meaning and money
It's too bad you'll never care about me
Oh, oh, I know you'll never care about me