It was in the early part of winter, that's when I first remember
When I beheld them angels out there in the barn
I saw a bright light above me as my family slept not far away
I saw the stars moving, they looked targets
In a shooting arcade in Paris!
Just like targets in a shooting arcade in Paris!
Then suddenly them angels, they removed me from my body
And I flew high above this world
I saw the lights of distant cities
I saw miracles and wonders
And I didn't mind that I was leaving
This farm where I grew up
No, I didn't mind one little bit to leave
This farm where I grew up!
Cause I had me a time with them angels!
A mighty fine time with them angels!
I laughed so hard with them angels
That I never wanted to come home
I never wanted to come home
Since papa abandoned our family
For these three long years we've struggled
And as I worked the farm each day
I'd wonder why them angels
Would not help me with my mother
Or ease my sister's suffering
So in the barn that night I told them
How I wish we could all just grow wings and fly away up into heaven!
Why can't we all just grow wings and fly away up into heaven?
And that's when the angels whispered to me
That they were answering my prayers
So they flew into the house as I watched from the barn
And then everything went swimmy
As I felt the weight of the world
Just lifting off of my shoulders
That weight, it just lifted off of my shoulders
Then I had me a time with them angels!
A mighty fine time with them angels!
I laughed so hard with them angels
That I never wanted to come home
I never wanted to come home
Now I guess that sheriff, he don't believe me
When I say it was them angels
That burned down our farmhouse
While I slept out in the barn
But now that he's released me
Well, I can go and find my father
And I can tell him about them angels
Before I send him off to heaven
I'll send that man right off to heaven!
And when that's done I will just walk on
Toward the distant horizon
That has always remembered the sound of my name
Where there's a world waiting for me
Where I can start myself a family
Where with children bouncing on my knee
I can tell them all the story
How I had me a time with them angels!
A mighty fine time with them angels!
I laughed so hard with them angels
That I never wanted to come home
I never wanted to come home
I never wanted to come home
I never wanted to come home
