paradise etc. (Peter Case)


the road I've been on since I was two
well I just found out that it don't go through

payday passed my ship came and went
the apocalypse is over and I still owe rent

(they say)
love is learned when the heart turns stone
prayer begins when you can't go on

my heart's been rocked the road is blocked
is that rain I hear drip drop drip drop?

I'm bound for:
cloudland dreamland fairyland
Canaan Goshen Shangri-la
Elysium Arcadia
paradise, etcetera

she says so what and I don't care
laughs at the mention of underwear
gets mad and pouts when it's time to eat
I'm afraid she'll run out in the street

I'm in charge but I get there late
I may be large but I hesitate
but everything's gonna work out fine
when we get across that borderline

we'll be in:
cloudland dreamland fairyland
Canaan Goshen Shangri-la
Elysium Arcadia
paradise, etcetera

the blue serene the hyaline
seventh heaven on cloud nine
the realm of light the world above
milk and honey and a snow white dove

the land of bliss and la ti da
paradise, etcetera

Solo

the got rocks are home in bed
with the newlyweds and the nearly deads

I'm stuck in this primordial ooze
with a case of §ying saucer blues

now this might be my last broadcast
if I don't think of something fast

but someday I'll sing and the songs
I'll come to
break the hearts of everyone

down here in:
cloudland dreamland fairyland
Canaan Goshen Shangri-la
Elysium Arcadia
paradise etcetera

from Beulah land to Jerusalem
Eden's garden to Kingdom Come

the ancient source of Cābolla
a date with the queen of Mardi Gras

in:
cloudland etc.



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