Smoky Mountain Hymns (Series) - Paraiso lyrics

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Return to a land called paraiso

A place where a dying river ends

No birds dare fly over paraiso

No space allows them to endure

The smoke that screens the air

The grass that's never there

Refrain 1:

And if I could see a single bird

What a joy!

I try to write some words and create

A simple song to be heard by the rest of the

world

II.I live in a land called paraiso

In a house made of cardboard floors and walls

I learned to be free in paraiso

Free to claim anything I see

Matching rags for my clothes

Plastic bags for the colds

Refrain 2:

And if empty cans were all I have

What a joy!

I never fight to take someone else's coins

and live with fear like the rest of the boys

Chorus:

Paraiso, help me make a stand

Paraiso, take me by the hand

Paraiso, make the world understand

That if I could see a single bird

What a joy!

This tired and hungry land could expect

Some truth and hope and respect

From the rest of the world

Repeat Refrain 2

Repeat Chorus