Paradise
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
AND DADDY
WON'T YOU TAKE ME
BACK TO MUHLENBERG
COUNTY
DOWN BY
THE GREEN RIVER
WHERE PARADISE LAYS
WELL I'M SORRY MY SON
BUT YOU'RE TOO LATE
IN ASKIN'
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
AND DADDY
WON'T YOU TAKE ME
BACK TO MUHLENBERG
COUNTY
DOWN BY
THE GREEN RIVER
WHERE PARADISE LAYS
WELL I'M SORRY MY SON
BUT YOU'RE TOO LATE
IN ASKIN'
MISTER PEABODY'S
COAL TRAIN
HAS HAULED IT AWAY
20 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
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
AND DADDY
WON'T YOU TAKE ME
BACK TO MUHLENBERG
COUNTY
DOWN BY
THE GREEN RIVER
WHERE PARADISE LAYS
WELL I'M SORRY MY SON
BUT YOU'RE TOO LATE
IN ASKIN'
MISTER 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 WAITIN'
JUST 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 LAYS
WELL I'M SORRY MY SON
BUT YOU'RE TOO LATE
IN ASKIN'
MISTER PEABODY'S
COAL TRAIN
HAS HAULED IT AWAY
