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2 Steps From Paradise

On the radio someone sings now
About how much she wants your love
The town is twice as big now
But just as hollow
And everyone has crises
Crossing the avenue on rollerskates
Hobo sneakers, to hell with Dr Martens
Two steps from paradise
 
Tommy has frozen in acid jazz
The jazz is never enough to pull through
Back down in front of the river
And I also stand completely still
In the line for the Albanian Union
And it seems I have frozen fast in
A spot of spittle from youth
Two steps from paradise
 
"Ey Gringo I will show you something in this alleyway"
Suddenly the temperature rises over 39
I need no crystal ball
To be able to tell
That I will soon be in the gutter
Without a phone
Two steps from paradise
 
A 15 year old kid
Chatters that I should follow him
No thanks, no more rumba
No more abracadabra
No advice from your generation
Next moment I walk beside a desperado
Vroooom yes!
Faster than Speedy Gonzales!
Two steps from paradise
 
The working guys are on the way to the tea industry
Which will spit them out with its chewing gum
But we know that everything changes
A thing that means something
Becomes nothing in a minute
And that all paradise lies in the end
 
Why should I have a stereo
When I hear the music from a thousand boats on their way from here
"Is he OK?"
"Too much bottle..."
And yes Mr Tambourine-player
In this jingle jangle morning
I will follow you
Two steps from paradise
 
You don't know when
But there will come a day
When no one in the alley here knows who you are
And you can rest out
But I believe that it is going to be nice
There is a new Raskolnikov now
Behind every corner
Someone like you...
Two steps from paradise
 
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2 steg från paradise

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