Paradise

About Paradise

"Paradise" is a song written by John Prine for his father, and recorded for his 1971 debut album, John Prine. Prine also re-recorded the song for his 1986 album, German Afternoons. The song is about the devastating impact of strip mining for coal, whereby the top layers of soil are blasted off with dynamite or dug away with steam shovels to reach the coal seam below. The song is also about what happened to the area around the Green River in Kentucky because of strip mining. The song references the Peabody Coal Company, and a town called Paradise in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, where the Tennessee Valley Authority now operates the Paradise Fossil Plant, a coal-fired electric generating station. The area has suffered serious economic downturn because of the decline of coal mining, caused mainly by the abundance of natural gas; TVA has converted two of the three units at Paradise to gas, and wants to do likewise with the third. more »

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2002

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I've lived a long life
To get to where I am right here
I walked the long road
With just the wind through my hair
All I had was a smile
When I began to lose track
I walked on for miles
And I never looked back

I'm not the kind of guy
To get left out in the cold
I'll walk on forever
And I'll never grow old....

Don't want to live the real life
Workin´ nine to five
Find a piece of paradise 
Finally feel alive
I live my life to the fullest
I have no regrets
Don't have to stack the deck
To win all my bets

I feel the fire burnin´deep inside my soul
I'll hold on to my destiny and I'll never let it go

(Chorus)
'Cause I live my own life
Found what I set out to
And I'll never look back because....
I found PARADISE
Devote my whole life to
Never giving up again

Follow your heart, your mind, your soul

Hold onto your dreams and never let them go

I count the minutes
´Till I can run away
A little love and affection
You can feel the same way
Put your arms around me
And I'll show you the way
want to change your destiny?
Rewrite ancient history...

I feel the fire burning deep inside my soul
I'll hold on to my destiny and I'll never let it go

(Chorus)

Follow your heart, your mind, your soul

Hold onto your dreams and never let them go

I know...I've been searchin'
For that place to call my home
All of my life
It's been in my soul

Now I know

(Chorus – repeat twice)

Never giving up again

I live my own life

Found what I set out to

And I'll never look back because

I found Paradise

Devote my whole life to
Never giving up again

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