Yoakam, Dwight - I Said (Paradise Reprise) Lyrics






When I was a boy my family would travel
Inta' Western Kentucky where my parents were born
To a lost little town there that's often remembered
So many times that my memory drew warn

And daddy won't me take me back to Mulingburg County
Down by the green river where Paradise lay
He said, "I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin'
Mr. Peabodys' coal trains hauled it away"

Well, sometimes we travel right down the green river
To the abandoned old prison down by Gadry Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes, we'd shoot off pistols
Ahh, but empty pop bottles is all we would kill

And daddy won't me take me back to Mulingburg County
Down by the green river where paradise lay
He said, "I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin'
Mr. Peabodys' coal train has hauled it away"

Well, the coal company came with the worlds largest shovel
They tortured the timber and stripped all of the land
Lord, they dug for their coal 'til the ground was forsaken
Then wrote it all down as a the 'Progress Of Man'

So daddy won't you take me back to Mulingburg County
Down by the green river where Paradise lay
He said, "I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin'
Mr. Peabodys' coal trains hauled it away"

When I die let my ashes float down the green river
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam
I'll be halfway to heaven with Paradise waitin'
Just 5 miles away from wherever I am

Ohh, and daddy won't you take me back to Mulingburg County
Down by the green river where Paradise lay
He said, "I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin'
Mr. Peabodys' coal train has hauled it away"

He said, "I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin'
Mr. Peabodys coal train has hauled it away
Oh, Mr. Peabodys' coal train has hauled it away"





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Yoakam, Dwight I Said (Paradise Reprise) Comments
  1. P.... U....

    I love that title when Dwight sings it! So great!

  2. l.... w....

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️💥

  3. A.... A....

    Happy birthday Dwight Yoakam 61 today

  4. b.... ....

    I don't think I've ever heard Dwight do this song, I like it. I heard Prine do it acoustically in 1984, l loved it.

  5. S.... T....

    captures my childhood

  6. G.... W....

    This is pretty darn good, but nobody sings it liked John Prine, who wrote it for his father.

    G.... W....

    amen brother, dwight jist picked it up a bit

    G.... W....

    amen brother, dwight jist picked it up a bit

    G.... W....

    Gail Williams

    G.... W....

    +Kenny Hoaglin if you go to Benito 73 channel you'll find a slower version

    G.... W....

    if you go to Benito 73 channel you'll find a slower version

  7. L.... M....

    Come back Dwight!! Time to sing this one again!!!

  8. J.... K....

    AWESOME SONG

  9. w.... ....

    Love it.

  10. J.... B....

    This song always brightens the day-- good job leather britches--

  11. L.... ....

    1:46 hey shit hold on there damn....

  12. K.... R....

    Cool Song Right there!!! Love your Root's where you come from!!! Sweet:)

  13. m.... ....

    I'm from Muhlenberg County and I approve of this cover

    m.... ....

    I went to school in '85 in Nashville, and one of my friends was a guy named Matt, can't remember his last name. He was about my age 20, at the time. he was from Greenville. We made trips down there. I was from Arizona, and had never seen anything like rural Kentucky. The people were very nice there and treated me nice. i had a crash education concerning the South that summer. I ended up in Eastern Kentucky, rural Tennessee, rural Mississippi, and Georgia. It was an enlightening and positive experience.

  14. k.... ....

    @ValenciaMerble08 yes, it's their musk. They dont' smell like that all the time. But the air can get heavy with that scent if there is a lot of them around. I think it does smell like watermelon now you say, maybe a bit like cucumbers is what I always thought.

  15. H.... W....

    @dyheadk Dwight's Used Records released in 2004

  16. K.... S....

    I love it and what album is this from? I'm sure John Prine would be proud.. : )

  17. C.... G....

    I was gonna say--they smell frigging NASTY. Piss smelling leather will do.

  18. M.... J....

    The only version of this song done in 4/4 time that I have heard!

  19. l.... ....

    I like this track, absolutely love the whole album, but I'm puzzled. What do snakes smell of?

    l.... ....

    You got to have been there.