Paradise
John Prine
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When DI was a child my Gfamily would Dtravel,
down to Western Kentucky where my A7parents were Dborn
And there's a backwards old town that's Goften Dremembered,
so many times that my A7memories are Dworn.
And Ddaddy won't you take me back to GMuhlenberg DCounty,
down by the Green River where A7Paradise Dlay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're Gtoo late in Dasking,
Mr. Peabody's coal train has A7hauled it Daway
Well, Dsometimes we'd travel right Gdown the Green DRiver,
to the abandoned old prison down by A7Adrie DHill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd Gshoot with our Dpistols,
but empty pop bottles was A7all we would Dkill.
And Ddaddy won't you take me back to GMuhlenberg DCounty,
down by the Green River where A7Paradise Dlay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're Gtoo late in Dasking,
Mr. Peabody's coal train has A7hauled it Daway
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Then the Dcoal company came with the Gworld's largest Dshovel,
and they tortured the timber and A7stripped all the Dland
Well, they dug for their coal till the Gland was forDsaken,
then they wrote it all down as the A7progress of Dman.
And Ddaddy won't you take me back to GMuhlenberg DCounty,
down by the Green River where A7Paradise Dlay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're Gtoo late in Dasking,
Mr. Peabody's coal train has A7hauled it DawayDA7D
When I Ddie let my ashes float Gdown the Green DRiver,
let my soul roll on up to the A7Rochester Ddam
I'll be halfway to Heaven with GParadise Dwaitin',
just five miles away from wherA7ever I Dam.
And Ddaddy won't you take me back to GMuhlenberg DCounty,
down by the Green River where A7Paradise Dlay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're Gtoo late in Dasking,
Mr. Peabody's coal train has A7hauled it Daway
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