Paradise Fell

Paradise fell and the tenements grew

Swept my soul across the avenue

Paradise fell and the tenements grew, the tenements grew

Paradise fell and the tenements grew, the tenements grew

I'm a real live wire, I keep my suffering slow

You're a child of fire and the Holy Ghost

But we keep our hand close and we play on out

We let it play on out

In the mother's breast and the father's bone

In that city of gold with revelations unknown

Parts in temperance grey

You could live that way, you could live that way

That needle rides high on the bruised up tracks

Like a bitter train along the saviour's back

We repented in quiet

Silence in the Psalm, silence in the Psalm

Paradise fell and the tenements grew

Swept my soul across the avenue

Paradise fell and the tenements grew, the tenements grew

Paradise fell and the tenements grew, the tenements grew

I'll dip you low and far into the depths of time

And scan the waves along the west coastline

Till you come up for air

Glory everywhere, glory everywhere

So who's your maker now?

Who's your maker now?

The sultan king or the velvet sow?

Just keep on driving that wheel

And count your steps out loud, count your steps out loud

Weight of the withering vine in this concrete boat

Close your eyes and get your coat

Get you an honest job

At Peter's gates or a cigarette shop

Paradise fell and the tenements grew

Swept my soul across the avenue

Paradise fell and the tenements grew, the tenements grew

Paradise fell and the tenements grew, the tenements grew