John Wesley Harding - Paradise

Everything's changed and it's all for the best
And it's all gone according to plan
It's out in the open and now it's all over
Three cheers for every woman and man
Terry and Julie still stand on the bridge
But only in our memory
Don't look to them to draw a conclusion
Just love them and set them free


Julie hangs out by the banks of the river
Where the garbage all flows to the sea
Something's washed up, it's sacrifice to her
From the Twentieth Century She sees the smokestacks and she sees the city
She sees the stadium's covered in snow
The streets have been cleaned except for the bedrooms
Of all the people with nowhere to go


Terry will clutch at threads where the rope was
As he's freefalling fast to the floor
But nobody claps because nobody's watching
It's his lawyers who get all the applause
Time's on the move, and I'm on the redeye
Where I'm hoping to find one more song
But it's like looking for rain in the river
Better not leave it too long