[Verse 1] They sold us calm rivers and black fertile soil Rich harvests, abundance without the toil. We packed up our lives, we paid our passage price, And cast off for the promise of New Paradise. [Female Interjection] Off to New Paradise! [Verse 2] The landfall came hard on dry rock, we were stunned, No river, no forest, no loam, no refund. We surveyed, explored, we tested the ground Abundance we paid for was nowhere around. [Female Interjection] Nowhere around. [Chorus] We raise our own garden on stone, Every seedling a hope for a home. We have crossed empty light years, there's no going back We build paradise from our foolish hope's wreck. [Female Interjection] Build our New Paradise from our foolish hope's wreck [Verse 3] We carried the water, we quarried and stacked We can't go back and we won't go back! We shared what we had to survive the lean years. We earned every harvest with sweat and with tears. [Female Interjection] Our sweat and our tears [Chorus] We raise our own garden on stone, Every seedling a wall of our home. We have crossed empty light years, there's no going back We build paradise that we couldn't buy on spec. [Bridge] First children were born in the first orchard's shade They played in the creeks and the pools that we made As humans have ever we took a hard land We gave it our labor and made it our friend. [Final Chorus] We raise our own garden on stone, Every seedling the start of a home. We have crossed empty light years tempted with lies Our backs and our brains built our New Paradise! [Outro] We built our own paradise.
