Paradise

Words & Music:

Bruce Springsteen

 

[capo 3]  Am   G   Am

 

Am                      G                                       Am

Where the river runs to black, I take the schoolbooks from your pack.

Am                      F                                    Am

Plastics, wire and your kiss, the breath of eternity on your lips.

Am                   G                           Am

In the crowded marketplace, I drift from face to face.

Am                            F

I hold my breath and close my eyes.

F                             Am

I hold my breath and close my eyes.

Am                 G                        Am     G   Am

And I wait for paradise, and I wait for paradise.

 

The Virginia hills have gone to brown,

Another day, another sun going down.

I visit you in another dream.  I visit you in another dream.

I reach and feel your hair, your smell lingers in the air.

I brush your cheek with my fingertips, I taste the void upon your lips.

Am                 G                        Am   F   Am   G   Am

And I wait for paradise, and I wait for paradise.

 

I search for you on the other side where the river runs clean and wide.

Up to my heart the waters rise, up to my heart the waters rise.

I sink 'neath the water cool and clear; drifting down, I disappear.

I see you on the other side, I search for the peace in your eyes.

Am                      G                             Am  F  Am  G  Am

They're as empty as paradise, they're as empty as paradise.

 

                  G                              Am  [repeat and out]

I break above the waves.  I feel the sun upon my face.