PARADISE LOST

PARADISE LOST

CHRISTMAS EVE IN THE FRENCH QUARTER
I NEEDED A DRINK ON MY WAY HOME
STOPPED IN A BAR DOWN BY THE RIVER
GEORGE THOROUGHGOOD SINGING “BAD TO THE BONE”

PLACE LOOKED EMPTY...I ORDERED WHISKEY
BARTENDER STARED AT ME WITH EYES OF STONE
I SAW HER BODY LIKE A GHOST IN THE SHADOWS
I COULD TELL SHE WAS ALL ALONE

CHORUS
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I SAW PARADISE
SHE WAS LIKE A BLOOD RED ROSE COVERED IN FROST
I CAME ON LIKE A WILDFIRE
BUT MY HEART OF STONE WAS COLD AS ICE
IT WOULD’T BE THE LAST TIME OUR PATHS WOULD CROSS
PARADISE LOST

SHE WAS A PREACHER’S DAUGHTER PRONE TO BAD CHOICES
THREE KIDS BY THE AGE OF SIXTEEN
ALL HER BAGGAGE AND MY PENCHANT FOR VICES
MADE HER THE PRETTIEST GIRL I’D EVER SEEN

CHORUS
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I SAW PARADISE
SHE WAS LIKE A BLOOD RED ROSE COVERED IN FROST
I CAME ON LIKE A WILDFIRE
BUT MY HEART OF STONE WAS COLD AS ICE
IT WOULD’T BE THE LAST TIME OUR PATHS WOULD CROSS
PARADISE LOST

BRIDGE
I LET MY DEMON DESIRE TAKE OVER ME
I TRIED TO HIDE THE LIES IN MY HEART OF STONE
I WATCHED MY DARKER SIDE BEGIN TO PRETEND AND DECEIVE
AS I SLOWLY DREW HER IN...THEN ONE DAY I JUST LET IT END
PARADISE LOST

FOR SO LONG I’D NOT BEEN THE PERSON
I REALLY WANTED TO BE
THAT GIRL PARADISE WAS JUST A MIRROR VISION
OF WHAT WAS MISSING IN ME

CHORUS
I WENT BACK TO THAT BAR ONE NIGHT
AND I SAW PARADISE
SHE LOOKED ME STRAIGHT IN THE FACE
TOLD ME HOW MANY LINES I’D CROSSED
SHE SUGGESTED I FIND THAT PLACE INSIDE
I’VE DENIED ALL OF MY LIFE
THAT PART ABOUT LIVING A LIE
NOT BEING WORTH THE COST...OF PARADISE LOST”

I BROKE DOWN IN FRONT OF HER
APOLOGIZED...AND WE BOTH CRIED
FOR PARADISE LOST

©BobCheeversMusic SESAC 10/2012





ONE MORE NAIL

I BEEN BIT BY A RATTLESNAKE AND LIVED TO TELL
STUNG BY A SCORPION AND IT HURT LIKE HELL
HIT BY A BEER BOTTLE WHILE I WAS PLAYIN’ A SHOW
GOT A KNIFE IN MY BACK CAUSE I WAS MOVIN’ TOO SLOW

THIS BLOCK KEEPS GETS BIGGER EVERY TIME I RUN AROUND IT
BETTER PULL THE TRIGGER ON MY OWN PROMISE TO SLOW DOWN
PUT THIS NINE POUND HAMMER RIGHT BACK DOWN
ON THE GROUND WHERE I FOUND IT
WALKIN’ THIS TIGHT ROPE I END UP WAY TOO OFTEN
PUTTIN’ ONE MORE NAIL IN MY COFFIN

BOUGHT A BRAND NEW THUNDERBIRD IN NINETEEN FIFTY SIX
HAD A FLAT TIRE I DIDN’T EVEN TRY TO FIX IT
DRANK A BOTTLE OF TEQUILA SOMEWHERE IN NEW MEXICO
WITH A WOMAN NAMED SCARLET I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW

WE CAUGHT A RIDE WITH AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER IN THE MOHAVE DESERT
HE HAD A POUND OF WEED...SOME PILLS AND AN EIGHT TRACK STEREO
HE CHAINED SMOKED MARLBOROS AND PLAYED “LET IT BLEED”
BY THE ROLLING STONES OVER AND OVER OVER
I WAS BLINDED BY ALL OF THOSE LITTLE WHITE LINES HE’D BEEN CROSSIN’
PUTTIN’ ONE MORE NAIL IN MY COFFIN’

BRIDGE
SIX AM...LAS VEGAS...ALMOST SUNRISE
WOKE UP IN THE STARLIGHT MOTEL WITH THAT WOMAN BY MY SIDE
HANGOVER LASTED ME ABOUT A WEEK
I DIDN’T HAVE THE STRENGTH TO MOVE OR HARDLY EVEN SPEAK
I THOUGHT ABOUT TAKIN’ MY OWN LIFE
BUT DECIDED TO LET THAT IDEA SLIDE

I RENTED A CAR AND HIT THE ROAD...NEVER LOOKED BACK
HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL ON HER BED AND THAT WAS THAT
NOBODY I KNOW CARES WHERE I AM
ESPECIALLY ME AND FRANKLY SCARLET...I DON’T GIVE A DAMN

I’M GONNA GET ME A PLACE ON A BEACH SOMEWHERE DOWN IN MEXICO
FAR OUT OF REACH OF THAT LIFE I USE TO KNOW
FIND ME A PREACHER...CONFESS MY SINS
THEN JUST LET THAT RIVER FLOW
MAKE AMENDS WITH MYSELF AND DO THE BEST I CAN
TO KEEP FROM PUTTIN’...ONE MORE NAIL IN MY COFFIN’

�