Sidewalk Surfin'
((Adapted from: Catch A Wave (The Beach Boys) - 1963))
Composer(s): Brian Wilson - Roger Christian
Performer(s): Jan & Dean - 1964
and multiple other artists



Grab your board and go sidewalk surfin' with me ...
Don't be afraid to try the newest sport around
(Bust your buns, bust your buns now)
It's catchin' on in every city and town
You can do the tricks the surfers do, just try a
"Quasimodo" or "The Coffin" too (why don't you)
Grab your board and go sidewalk surfin' with me ...
You'll probably wipeout when you first try to shoot the curve
(Bust your buns, bust your buns now)
Takin' gas in a bush takes a lotta nerve ...
Those hopscotch poledads and pedestrians, too, will bug ya ...
Shout "Cuyabunga!" now and skate right on through (why don't you)
Grab your board and go sidewalk surfin' with me ...
You can do the tricks the surfers do, just try a
"Quasimodo" or "The Coffin" too (why don't you)
Grab your board and go sidewalk surfin' with me ...
So get your girl and take her tandem down the street
(Bust your buns, bust your buns now)
Then she'll know you're an asphalt athlete
A downhill grade, man, will give you a kick
But if the sidewalk's cracked, ya better pull out quick (why don't you)
Grab your board and go sidewalk surfin' with me ...
(Skateboard with me, why don't you skateboard me?)
Grab your board and go sidewalk surfin' with me ...
(Skateboard with me, why don't you skateboard me?)
Grab your board and go sidewalk surfin' with me ...
(Skateboard with me, why don't you skateboard me?)
Grab your board and go sidewalk surfin' with me ...
(Skateboard with me, why don't you skateboard me?)
Grab your board and go sidewalk surfin' with me ...

Paranoid 
Composer(s): Geezer Butler;
Tony Iommi; Ozzy Osbourne; Bill Ward
Performer(s): Black Sabbath



Finished with my woman 
'cause she couldn't help me with my mind
People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time

All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify

Can you help me occupy my brain?
Oh yeah

I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find
I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind

Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I can not feel and love to me is so unreal

And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life, I wish I could but (it's/I'm) too late

Für Zwei Groschen Musik
First performance by: Margot Hielscher - 1958



Für zwei Groschen Musik, für zwei Groschen Musik
Und der Alltag versinkt wenn froh Musik erklingt
Für zwei Groschen Musik, für zwei Groschen Musik
Und für so wenig Geld gehört euch eine Welt

Wollt ihr leise Musik? Wollt ihr heiße Musik?
Oder findet ihr Moll einfach wundervoll?
Für zwei Groschen Musik, für zwei Groschen Musik
Und für so wenig Geld gehört euch eine Welt

Für zwei Groschen Musik, für zwei Groschen Musik
Und der Alltag versinkt wenn froh Musik erklingt
Für zwei Groschen Musik, für zwei Groschen Musik
Und für so wenig Geld gehört euch eine Welt

Darf es Dixiland sein, oder Lieder vom Rhein?
Oder liebt irgendwer Verdi's Opern mehr?
Für zwei Groschen Musik, für zwei Groschen Musik
Und für so wenig Geld gehört euch eine Welt

Für zwei Groschen Musik, für zwei Groschen Musik

Für zwei Groschen Musik, für zwei Groschen Musik
Und für so wenig Geld gehört euch eine Welt

Hier der Mann am Klavier, hier der Marsch, so sind wir
Hier der Förster der singt wenn die Heimatglocke klingt
Für zwei Groschen Musik, für zwei Groschen Musik
Und für so wenig Geld gehört euch eine Welt

Paranoia Blues
Composer(s): Paul Simon
Performer(s): Paul Simon



I got some so-called friends
They'll smile right to my face
Oh, when my back is turned
They'd like to stick it to me
Yes they would 
Oh no no, oh no no
There's only one thing I need to know
Whose side are you on?

I fly into J.F.K.
My heart goes boom boom boom
I know that customs man
He's going to take me
To that little room
Oh no no 
Oh no, no
There's only one thing I need to know
Whose side are you on, whose side are you on?

I got the paranoia blues
Fnom knockin' around in New York City
Where they roll you for a nickel
And they stick you for the extra dime
Anyway you choose
You're bound to lose in New York City
Oh, I just got out in the nick of time
Well, I just got out in the nick of time

Once I was down in Chinatown
I was eating some Lin's Chow Fon
I happened to turn around
And when I looked I see
My Chow Fon's gone
Oh no, no
Oh no, no
There's only one thing I need to know
Whose side are you on, whose side are you on?
Well, there's only one thing I need to know
Whose side, whose side, whose side?

Sidewalk Blues
Composer(s): Walter Melrose; Jelly Roll Morton
Performer(s): Jelly Roll Morton
and multiple other artists



I got the blues and I sure have got 'em bad
Meanest old blues that I ever, ever had
My mind is weary, and ev'rything is wrong
Ev'ry day seems just nine years long
That's just why I sing and cry this mournful song

When I arise in the morning for the day
Heartbreakin' blues say good morning right away
They haunt me just like a shadow haunts a tree
Even taste 'em in my coffee
That's just why I sing and cry this mournful song

My baby's gone, and I got the blues
It sure is awful to be lonsesome like me
Worried, weary up in a tree
That's why you can hear me say, night and day

"Where can my baby be?"
I roam the streets ev'ry where, look here and there
Wond'ring why she gave me the air
Good Lawd, I've got the sidewalk blues

My baby's gone, and I got the blues
She went away on the sly, didn't say why
Never even kissed me goodbye
That's why you can hear me say, night and day

"Who took my woman away?"
I roam the streets like a tramp, feet in a cramp
Searching for my two timin' vamp
Good Lawd, I've got the sidewalk blues

My baby's gone, and I got the blues
She flew away like a crow, why, I don't know
Vanished like a migratin' bo'
That's why you can hear me say, night and day

"What will become of me?"
If I could find an old boat, one that would float
I'd baptize my blues makin' goat
Good Lawd, I've got the sidewalk blues

Paralyzed
Composer(s): Otis Blackwell; Elvis Presley
Performer(s): Elvis Presley



When you looked into my eyes
I stood there like I was hyp-notised
You sent a feeling to my spine
A feeling warm and smooth and fine
But all I could do were stand there paralyzed
When we kissed, ooh what a thrill
You took my hand and, ooh baby, what a chill
I felt like grabbin' you real tight
Squeeze and squeeze with all my might
But all I could do were stand there paralyzed

Oh yeah lucky me, I’m singing ev'ry day
Ever since that day you came my way
You made my life for me just one big happy game
I'm gay ev'ry morning
At night I’m still the same
Do you remember that wonderful time
You held my hand and swore that you'll be mine
In front of preacher you said
"I do" I couldn't say a word for thinking of you
All I could do was stand there paralyzed

Ma Petite Chatte
Composer(s): André Dohet
First performance by: Fud Leclerc - 1958



J'étais dans un jour de cafard
ça peut vous arriver demain
J'allais dans les rues au hasard
Sans but et ne pensant à rien

Quand je l'aperçus, elle s'avançait vers moi
C'est à n'pas y croire mais voilà..
Elle avait tous les atouts dans son jeu
Et du chic jusqu'au bout des doigts
Des arguments en veux-tu, en voila
Qui m'mettaient dans tous mes états
Elle avait un drôle de p'tit air
De ne pas en avoir l'air
Elle me souriait sûre de son p'tit effet
Je ne croyais pas qu'il pouvait y avoir
Sur la terre des joujoux comme ça
C'était in rêve de voir cette petite chatte-la
Pas plus haute que ça, avec des yeux frippons
Comme on te dit dans les chansons
Et tout ce qu'il faut pour plaire aux garçons

Et ce fut un roman d'amour
Une histoire qui finit bien
Et comme cela se fait boujours
Je l'ai épousée un beau matin

Et le soir venu, je n'ose pas y penser
C'est à n'pas y croire, mais sachez....

Qu'elle avait tous les atouts dans son jeu
Et du chic jusqu'au bout des doigts
En moins de temps qu'il ne faut pour le dire
Elle me mit dans tous mes états
Elle avait un drôle de p'tit air
De ne pas en avoir l'air
Elle me souriait sûre de son p'tit effet
Je ne croyais pas qu'il pouvait y avoir
Sur la terre des joujoux comme ça
C'était un rêve de voir cette petite chatte-là
Blottie dans mes bras aves des yeux fripons
Comme on le dit dans les chansons
Et tout ce qu'il faut pour plaire aux garçons
Et tout ce qui peut vous faire perdre la raison
Et tout ce qu'on n'peut pas dire en chansons 

Paraíso Ahora
Performer(s): Pablo Guerrero



Tu cabeza está llena de bicicletas blancas
tu corazón un tren desbocado y oscuro
Por tus venas galopan caballos alarmados. 
Amas el sol y el riesgo, el fuego y el futuro

Islas hay en el tiempo donde vivir querrías 
y pueblos donde son las tareas comunes 
En la escuela se aprende a manejar cometas 
y a vivir que es lo mismo lo mío que lo tuyo 

Y sales a la calle y la ciudad te niega
y dos y dos son cuatro y mañana hace frío 
y hay una chimenea debajo de tu cama 
y alguien dictando normas dentro de tu bolsillo

Y en la pared escribes tu granada de sueños
tu estallido de nuevos horizontes auroras
Y tu imaginación contra la gris costumbre 
pide la vida es nuestra, paraíso ahora

Sideshow 
Composer(s): Vinnie Barrett; M. Brooks; Alice Cooper; Bobby Eli; J. Norwood; B. Smith; J. Taylor; Dan Wexler
Performer(s): Blue Magic



Hurry, hurry, step right up 
See the sideshow in town for only fifty cents 

Step right up, hurry, hurry before the show begins, my friends 
Stand in line, get your tickets, I hope you will attend 
It'll only cost you fifty cents to see 
What life has done to those like you and me 

See the man with the broken heart 
You'll see that he is sad 
He hurts so bad 
See the girl who has lost the only love she ever had 
There's got to be no sadder show to see 
No doubt about it 
Satisfaction's guaranteed 

So let the sideshow begin 
Hurry, hurry, step right on in 
Can't afford to pass it by 
Guaranteed to make you cry 

Let the sideshow begin 
Hurry, hurry 
Hurry, hurry 
Step right on in 
Can't afford to pass it by 
Guaranteed to make you cry 

See the man who's been cryin' for a million years 
So many tears 
So many tears 
See the girl who's collected broken hearts for souvenirs 
It's more exciting than a one man band 
The saddest little show in all the land 

So let the sideshow begin 
Hurry, hurry 
Hurry, hurry, step right on in 
Can't afford to pass it by 
Guaranteed to make you cry 

Let the sideshow begin 
Hurry, hurry, step right on in 
Can't afford to pass it by 
Guaranteed to make you cry 

So let the sideshow begin 
Hurry, hurry 
Hurry, hurry, step right on in 
Can't afford to pass it by 
Guaranteed to make you cry 

Let the sideshow begin 
Step right on in 
Hurry, hurry, step right on in 
Can't afford to pass it by 
Guaranteed to make you cry 
Hurry, hurry 

Let the sideshow begin... 

Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Composer(s): Bill Giant; Bernie Baum; Florence Kaye
Performer(s): Elvis Presley



Hawaii, U.S.A., Hawaii ... U.S.A. ...
We're flyin', comin' your way
Aloha, Hawaii U.S.A.

Gee it's great, to be in that fiftieth state
The land of enchanted dreams
What an isle, where it's heaven tropical style
Where love weaves a spell, it seems

Hawaii, U.S.A., Hawaii ... U.S.A. ...
We're flyin', comin' your way
Aloha, Hawaii U.S.A.

Gee what fun, just to swim and surf in the sun
While the trade winds caress the sea
What a sight, those exotic scenes of delight
Are waiting for you and me

Hawaii, U.S.A. ... Hawaii ... U.S.A. ... Hawaii ... U.S.A. ...

Jeg Rev Et Blad Ud Af Min Dagbog
First performance by: Raquel Rastenni - 1958



Dengang du gik i vrede, så fortrød jeg
Fejlen var min - fornuften, tja... den snød mig
Det, vi havde sammen, var smukt og stort
Ved du, hvad jeg nu i dag har gjort?

Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog
Hvert lille ord har jeg fortrudt, du kære
Hvad nytter det, at jeg er bagklog
Hvis du syn's, alt skal være slut?

Prøv på at tilgi' mig, om også det er svært
Så vil jeg love dig, det aldrig hænder mere

Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog
Gør du li'sådan, min ven

Hader du mig, forsåvidt er der grund nok
Min jalousi, der var jeg mer end ond nok
Prøv dog på at tilgi', at jeg var slem
Og hvis du er stor nok, ja så glem

Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog
Hvert lille ord har jeg fortrudt, du kære
Hvad nytter det, at jeg er bagklog
Hvis du syn's, alt skal være slut?

Prøv på at tilgi' mig, om også det er svært
Så vil jeg love dig, det aldrig hænder mere

Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog
Gør du li'sådan, min ven
Gør du li'sådan, min ven

Paradise In Your Eyes
Composer(s): Jermaine Jackson
Performer(s): Jermaine Jackson



Whoa, whoa
Paradise it's in your eyes
Oh, paradise all in your eyes
Ooh, paradise it's all in your eyes

Ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...

Paradise in your eyes
Girl, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you

I see light in your loving eyes
It's so beautiful to me
When I look at you I'm in heaven
I wanna spend my life with you
'Cause you got

Paradise in your eyes
Girl, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you
Paradise (It's all in your eyes) in your eyes (Ooh)
Girl, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you

We would be in a garden
Where we can kiss the day away, ooh, hoo, ooh
When you wrap your arms round me, girl
Deep in your love is where I'll stay
Ooh, you got

Paradise all in your eyes
Girl, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, whoa
Paradise (All in your eyes) in your eyes
Girl, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, ooh, I love you

I told myself that
I'd find someone beautiful like you
There you were in me
Ooh, my paradise is in your eyes

Paradise in your eyes
Paradise, oh girl, you've got those loving eyes
Paradise (All in your eyes) in your eyes
Girl, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you

'Cause you've got paradise (All in your eyes) in your eyes
Paradise

Side By Side
Composer(s): Harry MacGregor Woods
Performer(s): Nick Lucas
and multiple other artists



See that sun in the morning
Peeking over the hill?
I'll bet you're sure it always has and sure it always will
That's how I feel about someone
How somebody feels about me
We're sure we love each other
That's the way we'll always be

Oh, we ain't got a barrel of money
Maybe we're ragged and funny
But we'll travel along
Singing a song
Side by side

Don't know what's comin' tomorrow
Maybe it's trouble and sorrow
But we'll travel the road
Sharing our load
Side by side

Through all kinds of weather
What if the sky should fall?
Just as long as we're together
It doesn't matter at all
When they've all had their quarrels and parted

We'll be the same as we started
Just a-traveling along
Singing a song
Side by side

We're all hunting for something
Something we don't know what
'Cause none of us are satisfied with things we know we've got
We all forget about moonlight
As soon as we've given our vow
But we'd all be so happy if we'd start and sing right now

Oh, we ain't got a barrel of money
Maybe we're ragged and funny
But we'll travel along
Singing a song
Side by side

Don't know what's comin' tomorrow
Maybe it's trouble and sorrow
But we'll travel the road
Sharing our load
Side by side

Paradise By The Dashboard Light
Composer(s): Jim Steinman
Performer(s): Meat Loaf



I. Paradise

Boy:
I remember every little thing
As if it happened only yesterday
Parking by the lake
And there was not another car in sight
And I never had a girl
Looking any better than you did
And all the kids at school
They were wishing they were me that night

And now our bodies are oh so close and tight
It never felt so good, it never felt so right
And we're glowing the the metal on the edge of a knife
Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife
C'mon! Hold on tight!
C'mon! Hold on tight!
Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night
I can see paradise by the dashboard light

Girl:
Ain't no doubt about it
We were doubly blessed
Cause we were barely seventeen
And we were barely dressed

Ain't no doubt about it
Baby got to go and shout it
Ain't no doubt about it
We were doubly blessed

Boy:
'Cause we were barely seventeen
And we were barely dressed

Baby doncha hear my heart
You got it drowning out the radio
I've been wating so long
For you to come along and have some fun

And I gotta let ya know
No you're never gonna regret it
So open up your eyes I got a big surprise
It'll feel all right
Well I wanna make your motor run

And now our bodies are oh so close and tight
It never felt so good, it never felt so right
And we're glowing the the metal on the edge of a knife
Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife
C'mon! Hold on tight!
C'mon! Hold on tight!

Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night
I can see paradise by the dashboard light
Paradise by the dashboard light

You got to do what you can
And let Mother Naure do the rest
Ain't no doubt about it
We were doubly blessed
Cause we were barely seventeen
and we were barely 

we're gonna go all the way tongiht
we're gonna go all the way
and tonight the night....

Radio Broadcast:
Ok here we go, we got a real pressure cooker going here 
two down, nobody on, no score, bottom of the ninth
there's the wind-up, and there it is, a line shot up the middle, look at him go 
This boy can really fly! 
He's rounding first and really turning it on now, he's not letting up at all 
he's gonna try for second; the ball is bobbled out in center
and here comes the throw, and what a throw! 
He's gonna slide in head first, here he comes, he's out!
No, wait, safe - safe at second base, this kid really makes things happen out there 
Batter steps up to the plate here's the pitch - he's going, and what a jump he's got
he's trying for third, here's the throw, its in the dirt - safe at third! 
Holy cow, stolen base!
He's taking a pretty big lead out there, almost daring him to try and pick him off 
The pitcher glances over, winds up, and it bunted, bunted down the third base line 
the suicide squeeze is on! 
Here he comes, squeeze play, it's gonna be close, here's the throw
here's the play at the plate, holy cow, I think he's gonna make it! 


II. Let Me Sleep On It

Girl:
Stop right there!
I gotta know right now!
Before we go any further!

Do you love me?
Will you love me forever?
Do you need me?
Will you never leave me?
Will you make me so happy for the rest of my life?
Will you take me away and will you make me your wife?
Do you love me?
Will you love me forever?
Do you need me?
Will you never leave me?
Will you make me so happy for the rest of my life?
Will you take me away and will you make me your wife?
I gotta know right now
Before we go any further
Do you love me!!!?
Will you love me forever!!!?

Boy:
Let me sleep on it
Baby, baby let me sleep on it
Let me sleep on it
And I'll give you an answer in the morning

Let me sleep on it
Baby, baby let me sleep on it
Let me sleep on it
And I'll give you an answer in the morning

Let me sleep on it
Baby, baby let me sleep on it
Let me sleep on it
And I'll give you an answer in the morning

Girl:
I gotta know right now!
Do you love me?
Will you love me forever?
Do you need me?
Will you never leave me?
Will you make me so happy for the rest of my life?
Will you take me away and will you make me your wife?
I gotta know right now!
Before we go any further
Do you love me?
Will you love me forever?

Boy:
Let me sleep on it
Baby, baby let me sleep on it
Let me sleep on it
And I'll give you an answer in the morning
Let me sleep on it!!!

Girl:
Will you love me forever?

Boy:
Let me sleep on it!!

Girl:
Will you love me forever?


III. Praying for the End of Time

Boy:
I couldn't take it any longer
Lord I was crazed
And when the feeling came upon me
Like a tidal wave
I started swearing to my God and on my mother's grave
That I would love you to the end of time
I swore that I would love you to the end of time!

So now I'm praying for the end of time
To hurry up and arrive
Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you
I don't think that I can really survive
I'll never break my promise or forget my vow
But God only knows what I can do right now
I'm praying for the end of time
It's all that I can do
Praying for the end of time, so I can end my time with you!!!

Boy:
It was long ago and it was far away
And it was so much better than it is today

Girl:
It never felt so good
It never felt so right
And we were glowing like
A metal on the edge of a knife

Side By Side
Composer(s): Maurice White; Wayne Vaughn; Wanda Vaughn
Performer(s): Earth, Wind & Fire



One year ago, love was touch and go
Time made me see, solved the mystery
Taught me that love and time
Will change your mind and make it right
Bring your darkness to the light
My hearts sings in the night
My love I bring to you

With this lovin' I dedicate to you
For believing in me, I will make you mine
Side by side, for love we waited
Side by side, we're dedicated
Side by side, now we can make it
Side by side, we gonna shake it on down
Get down, get down, get down, get down, tonight

I can hardly wait, to pick you up at eight
For this rendezvous, candlelight and you
It took ma a long time, to see it clear
That love will last, for many years
Dreams can come true
So I bring my heart to you

With this lovin' I dedicate to you
For believing in me, I will make you mine
Side by side, for love we waited
Side by side, we're dedicated
Side by side, now we can make it
Side by side, we gonna shake it on down
Get down, get down, get down, get down, tonight

We finally found our sunny day
And your love lights up the way
So, I thank you today, for
You believed in me

Paradise
Composer(s): Perry Botkin Jr.; 
Gil Garfield; Harry Nilsson; Phil Spector
Performer(s): The Ronettes;
and various other artists



There is a land I know where lovers go
and flowers grow forevermore
Where time is standing still and lovers fill
The quiet places by the shore
We will cross the rainbow
To a place where we'll be free
Where he'll give his love to me
So I'll wait for the day when he takes me away to...

Chorus:
(Paradise) He'll take me by the hand to
(Paradise) We'll walk along the sand in
(Paradise) A never never land
(Paradise) Wo wo wo

We'll build a castle there so we can share
The happiness we've waited for
While white flamingos fly way up high
Way above the ocean's roar
We will climb a mountain
To see our wonderland
Maybe now you'll understand
Why I've waited for the day when he takes me away to...

(chorus)

(Stand by him) I'll stand by him
(Do right by him) Do right by him
and I swear that I would die for him, die for him

(repeat chorus)

Lilla Stjärna
Composer(s): Ake Gerhard
First performance by: Alice Babs - 1958



La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la

Natt över land och stad, sovande hus
Rutor som blänker av stjärnornas ljus
Flicka i fönstret står, ser mot det blå
Är bara femton år, tänker ändå

Lilla stjärna i det höga
Svara mig, svara mig
Kommer han som jag ska få så kär?
Ja, du vet nog vem han är
Får jag läsa i hans öga
Samma svar, samma svar
Som jag tycker att du blinkar nu
Lilla stjärna, du?

Kommer han? Kommer han?
Ja, du vet nog vem han är
Får jag läsa i hans öga
Samma svar, samma svar
Som jag tycker att du blinkar nu
Lilla stjärna, du?

Paradise
Composer(s): Nacio Herb Brown; Gordon Clifford
Performer(s): Nat King Cole;
and various other artists



And then she holds my hand, mm mm mm mm
And then I understand, mm mm mm mm
Her eyes afire with one desire
then a heavenly kiss
could I resist?

And then she dims the light, mm mm mm mm
And then she holds me tight, mm mm mm mm
Her kiss, each fond caress
they lead the way to happiness
She takes me to Paradise

Sick, Sober And Sorry
Composer(s): Tex Atchison - Eddie Hazlewood
Performer(s): Johnny Bond
and multiple other artists



Sick, sober and sorry
Broke, disgusted and sad
Sick, sober and sorry
But look at the fun that I had
I met with a gal in a tavern
Oh, what a beautiful dream
We had three or four, then had several more
And that's when I went off my beam
Oh, sick, sober and sorry
Broke, disgusted and sad
Sick, sober and sorry
But look at the fun that I had
The jukebox so loudly was playin'
Each couple havin' a ball
But of all of them gals, their sweethearts and pals
I bet I am sicker than all
Oh, sick, sober and sorry
Broke, disgusted and sad
Sick, sober and sorry
But look at the fun that I had
The clock on the wall said it's later
In fact it was twenty to four
In spite of my pride, they kicked me outside
They locked and they bolted the door
Oh, sick, sober and sorry
Broke, disgusted and sad
Sick, sober and sorry
But look at the fun that I had
Outside I was hailin' a taxi
I got one this time without fail
It sported a star, I never got far
Was only two blocks to the jail
Oh, sick, sober and sorry
Broke, disgusted and sad
Sick, sober and sorry
But look at the fun that I had
Oh, sick, sober and sorry
Broke, disgusted and sad
Sick, sober and sorry
But look at the fun that I had

Paradise
Composer(s): John Prine
Performer(s): John Prine;
and various other artists



When I was a child my family would travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn

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And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill

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Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man

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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 waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am

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