Paradise Lyrics was released on October 1, 1971, from the Album ‘John Prine’. The song was sung by John Prine. Paradise Song Lyrics are penned by John Prine. The song label is Atlantic. While the song was produced by Arif Mardin.
Song Credits:
| Released | October 1, 1971 |
| Album | John Prine |
| Singer | John Prine |
| Songwriter | John Prine |
| Producer | Arif Mardin |
| Label | Atlantic |
Paradise Lyrics:
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 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 Airdrie Hill
Where the air smelled
Like snakes 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 lay
Well, I’m sorry my son
But you’re too late in asking
Mister Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away
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 lay
Well, I’m sorry my son
But you’re too late in asking
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 lay
Well, I’m sorry my son
But you’re too late in asking
Mister Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away