Paradise Lyrics by John Wesley Harding

Paradise Lyrics

    Everything's changed and it's all for the best
    And it's all gone according to plan
    It's out in the open and now it's all over
    Three cheers for every woman and man
    Terry and julie still stand on the bridge
    But only in our memory
    Don't look to them to draw a conclusion
    Just love them and set them free


    Julie hangs out by the banks of the river
    Where the garbage all flows to the sea
    Something's washed up, it's sacrifice to her
    From the twentieth century
    She sees the smokestacks and she sees the city
    She sees the stadium's covered in snow
    The streets have been cleaned except for the bedrooms
    Of all the people with nowhere to go


    Terry will clutch at threads where the rope was
    As he's freefalling fast to the floor
    But nobody claps because nobody's watching
    It's his lawyers who get all the applause
    Time's on the move, and i'm on the redeye
    Where i'm hoping to find one more song
    But it's like looking for rain in the river
    Better not leave it too long


    Terry and julie filled out the coupon
    And they won tickets tonight to the show
    But it's the aisles in the new stores that beckon
    As they shine a divine guiding glow
    The bridge through the city, it has just crumbled
    And that link is what kept them all sane
    The two of them tumble into the river
    Forget to come up for air again

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