[Verse 1]

             
She came from 

            
Providence, th

              
e one in Rhode

 
 Island.
             
Where the old 

             
world shadows 

             
hang, heavy in

     
 the air.
             
She packed her

             
 hopes and dre

             
ams, like a re

  
fugee.
            
Just as her fa

             
ther came, acr

        
oss the sea.

[Verse 2]

            
She heard abou

             
t a place, peo

         
ple were smili

ng,
             
Spoke about th

             
e red man's wa

             
ys, how they l


oved the land.
             
They came from

            
 everywhere, t

              
o the Great Di


vide,
            
Seeking a plac

             
e to stand, or

             
 a place to hi

      
de.
 
[Verse 3]
            
Down in the cr

             
owded bars, ou

             
t for a good t

ime,
             
can't wait to 

             
tell you all, 

             
what it's like

    
 up there.
             
They called it

            
 paradise, I d

          
on't know why,
             
somebody laid 

             
the mountains 

             
low, while the

          
 town got high

.
 
( -  (2x))  ( -  - )
 

[Verse 4]
             
And then the c

             
hilly winds bl

             
ew down, acros

      
s the desert,
             
through the ca

             
nyons of the c

             
oast, to the M

   
alibu,
             
Where the pret

             
ty people play

             
, hungry for p

 
ower,
             
To light their

            
 neon ways, gi

              
ve 'em things 

   
to do.
 

[Verse 5]
             
Some rich men 

             
came and raped

             
 the land, nob

           
ody caught 'em

,
             
put up a bunch

             
 of ugly boxes

             
, and Jesus pe

          
ople bought 'e

m.
             
They called it

            
 paradise, the

          
 place to be,
             
they watched t

            
he hazy sun, s

              
inking in the 


sea.
 
( -   (2x))  ( -  (2x))  ( - )  ( -  (8x))
 

[Verse 6]

             
We can leave i

             
t all behind, 

           
and sail to La

haina,
             
just like the 

             
missionaries d

             
id, so many ye

    
ars ago.
             
They even brou

             
ght a neon sig

            
n, “Jesus is c

oming”,
             
brought the wh

             
ite man's burd

             
en down, broug

              
ht the white m

     
an's reign.
 

[Verse 7]
             
Who will provi

             
de the grand d

             
esign, what is

            
 yours and wha

t is mine,
             
'cuz there is 

             
no more new fr

             
ontier, we hav

         
e got to make 

it here.
             
We satisfy our

             
 endless needs

             
, and justify 

        
our bloody dee

ds,
             
in the name of

            
 destiny, and 

              
in the name of

    
 God.
 

[Verse 8]
            
And you can se

              
e them there, 

         
on Sunday morn

ing,
             
they stand up 

             
and sing about

             
, what it's li

      
ke up there.
             
They called it

            
 paradise, I d

          
on't know why
             
Call someplace

             
 paradise, kis

       
s it goodbye.