The Dream Before - Laurie Anderson

Hansel and Gretel are alive and well 
And they're living in Berlin 
She is a cocktail waitress 
He had a part in a Fassbinder film 
And they sit around at night now drinking schnapps and gin 
And she says: Hansel, you're really bringing me down 
And he says: Gretel, you can really be a bitch 
He says: I've wated my life on our stupid legend When my one and only love was the wicked witch. She said: What is history? 
And he said: History is an angel being blown backwards into the future 
He said: History is a pile of debris 
And the angel wants to go back and fix things 
To repair the things that have been broken 
But there is a storm blowing from Paradise 
And the storm keeps blowing the angel backwards into the future 
And this storm, this storm is called Progress