Paradise - John Prine 1980 (stereo) video free download

Jon Kline

I admit I was a huge Steven Seagal fan as a kid, and he DOES have great taste in music.  I heard this beautiful song in Fire Down Below when I was like 15, and quickly learned to play it.  D, G, A.  The rest is all heart   :)

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JOHN PRINEparadiseWhen I was a child my family would travelDown to Western Kentucky where my parents were bornAnd there's a backwards old town that's often rememberedSo many times that my memories are worn.And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg CountyDown by the Green River where Paradise layWell, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in askingMister Peabody's coal train has hauled it awayWell, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green RiverTo the abandoned old prison down by Airdrie HillWhere the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistolsBut empty pop bottles was all we would kill.And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg CountyDown by the Green River where Paradise layWell, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in askingMister Peabody's coal train has hauled it awayThen the coal company came with the world's largest shovelAnd they tortured the timber and stripped all the landWell, they dug for their coal till the land was forsakenThen they wrote it all down as the progress of man.And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg CountyDown by the Green River where Paradise layWell, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in askingMister Peabody's coal train has hauled it awayWhen I die let my ashes float down the Green RiverLet my soul roll on up to the Rochester damI'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin'Just five miles away from wherever I am.And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg CountyDown by the Green River where Paradise layWell, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in askingMister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

Janet McFarland-Alberico

Love this!

Sue Clanton

saw it on Soundstage on PBS, went out and bought the LP

Gregory Chute

John Prine ROCKS. His music touches all and even at 70+ years he is still the greatest folk country singer there ever was and is.

Jesse Kellstrom

enjoy with me ty

einhanderorion

John Prine got me to start playin country with this song

jjmpb

great song

Legendary2003

Wasn't sure what this song was until they started singing - love it! John Denver played this on a few of his albums, or at least one of them, I believe :)

Gerard Danchell

Holy shit this is SO GOOD

Hillary Lee

Love it!

Alex Dycio

...4 more knuckle sandwiches

w5pda

Well-said.

ejr23

11 people need to be buried alive for disliking this great song!

DeStoken

its up to 11 now

Betsy Hartge

Brings back so many happy memories of my days married to an accomplished musician.. always loved the song...seems to bring different thoughts than it did 40 years ago...if what we knew now was then!!!!!!

Green Spiral Tours

This song is, what, 40 years ahead of it's time?

amelia crosetti

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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