Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Paradise, artist - Jackie DeShannon. Album song Jackie...Plus, in the genre Иностранный рокDate of issue: 11.06.2007
Record label: Rhino Entertainment Company
Song language: English
Paradise |
| When I was a child my family would travel |
| Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born |
| There’s a backwards old town that’s often remembered |
| So many times that my memories are worn |
| And, daddy, won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County |
| Down by the Green River where paradise lay |
| Well, I’m sorry, my dear, but you’re too late in asking |
| Mr. Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away |
| The coal company came with the world’s largest shovel |
| They tortured the timber and stripped all the land |
| They dug for their coal till the land was forsaken |
| And wrote it all down as the progress of Man |
| And, daddy, won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County |
| Down by the Green River where Paradise lay |
| Well, I’m sorry, my dear, but you’re too late in asking |
| Mr. Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away |
| When I die, let my ashes float down the Green River |
| Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam |
| I’ll be halfway to heaven with paradise waiting |
| I’m five miles away from wherever I am |
| And, daddy, won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County |
| Down by the Green River where paradise lay |
| Well, I’m sorry, my dear, but you’re too late in asking |
| Mr. Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away |
| When I die, let my ashes float down the Green River |
| Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam |
| I’ll be halfway to heaven with paradise waiting… |