[outro musical solo] [Verse 1] I sang of Paradise, where the coal trains ran Of a boy and his daddy and a miner’s tan They tore it all down for a dollar and a dime But I kept it alive in a three-minute rhyme [Pre-Chorus] The dust still settles, the echoes remain A ghost in the valley, calling out my name. [Chorus] Paradise lost again, it slips through the years Like a hometown memory drowned in tears But I’ll sing it forever, ‘til my voice gives way For the ghosts of Paradise, I’ll always stay [Verse 2] The songs came easy when the heart was young Every chord was a story, every tale was sung Now the mirror’s unkind, and the road’s grown long But I still got a piece of that old-time song [Pre-Chorus] The dust still settles, the echoes remain A ghost in the valley, calling out my name. [Chorus] Paradise lost again, it slips through the years Like a hometown memory drowned in tears But I’ll sing it forever, ‘til my voice gives way For the ghosts of Paradise, I’ll always stay [Bridge] The strip mines fade, but the melody clings To the hills and the hollers where the heart still sings I gave ‘em my stories, they gave me their trust Paradise lives in the songs and the dust [Verse 3] The faces flicker in the fading light Of Saturday dances and endless night A simpler time, a world gone by Beneath a coal-stained, weeping sky. [Outro Chorus] So I’ll raise one more glass to the places I’ve been Paradise lost, but I’ll find it again For the ghosts of Paradise, I’ll always stay, Singing its memory, come what may. [outro musical solo]
