Archie Roach - From Paradise lyrics

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She was born

In the river land

Born of her mother, into her mother's hands

She was free, as the river was wild

She was so innocent,

Such a beautiful child

Then they took her away

From Paradise

Where everything was beautiful

And very nice

They took her away

Her mother's tongue

Slapped her around a little bit

To teach her another one

In and out of institutions

What could they do with this child

Where was the neat solution

There was nothing they could do

So they gave her to the street

And she joined all the rest of the hungry and the tired feet

And they took her away

From Paradise

Where everything was beautiful

And very nice

They took her away

Her mother's tongue

Slapped her around a little bit

To teach her another one

And the don't swim here anymore

And the swim here anymore

She met a boy

Who kind of knew

Some of the things that she was going through

But he was confused

So he ran away

She found him again

And here she is today

And they took her away

From Paradise

Where everything is beautiful

And very nice

They took her away

Her mother's tongue

Slapped her around a little bit

To teach her another one

Took her away from paradise

Away from paradise

Away... Away... Away from Paradise...<br />

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Thanks to Razvan