Paradise
Ton : AEnglish
WAhen I was a child myD family wouAld travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my paErents were borAn
To a backwards old town I ofDten rememAbered
So many times that my memEories are worAn
ThAan sometimes we'd travel on dowDn the Green RivAer
To the abandoned old prison down by AdrEian HiAll
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shDoot with our pistAols
But empty pop bottles was all thEat we?d kilAl
DAaddy won't you take me back to MuDhlenberg CoAunty
Down by the green river where paEradise laAy?"
I'm sorry my son but you're toDo late in asAking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauEled it awaAy"
WAell the coal company came with the woDrld's largest shovAel
They stripped all the timber and torEtured the lanAd
They dug for the coal till the laDnd was forsaAken
Then they wrote it all down as the prEogress of maAn
DAaddy won't you take me back to MuDhlenberg CoAunty
Down by the green river where paEradise laAy?"
I'm sorry my son but you're toDo late in asAking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauEled it awaAy"
WAhen I die let my ashes float doDwn the Green RivAer
Let my soul roll on up to the RoEchester DaAm
I'll be halfway to Heaven wiDth paradise waiAtin'
Five miles away from wheErever I amA
DAaddy won't you take me back to MuDhlenberg CoAunty
Down by the green river where paEradise laAy?"
I'm sorry my son but you're toDo late in asAking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauEled it awaAy"
I'm sorry my son but you're toDo late in asAking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauEled it awaAy"