Dwight Yoakam - Paradise Lyrics
When I was a boy, my family would travelDown to western Kentucky where my parents were bornTo a lost little town there thats all but rememberedSo many times that my memories are worn.Chorus:And, Daddy, wont you take me back to Muhlenberg County?Down by the Green River where Paradise lay?He said, Im sorry my son, but youre too late in askingMr. Peabodys coal train has hauled it away.Well, sometimes wed travel right down the Green RiverTo the abandoned old prison down by Aidrie HillWhere the air smelled like snakes & wed shoot our pistolsOoh, but empty pop bottles is all we would kill.Chorus:And, Daddy, wont you take me back to Muhlenberg County?Down by the Green River where Paradise lay?He said, Im sorry my son, but youre too late in askingMr. Peabodys coal train has hauled it away.Well, the coal company came with the, worlds largest shovel,They tortured the timber and stripped all the landLord, they dug for their coal til the ground was forsakenAnd wrote it all down as the, Progress of man.Chorus:And, Daddy, wont you take me back to Muhlenberg County?Down by the Green River where Paradise lay?He said, Im sorry my son, but youre too late in askingMr. Peabodys coal train has hauled it away.When I die, let my ashes float down the Green RiverLet my soul roll on up to the Rochester DamIll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitinJust 5 miles away from wherever I am...
