Paradise

Album: John Prine (1971)
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: John Prine
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Royalty Network, Sentric Music, Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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  • Edward M. Brown, Jr. from Bardstown, KyBorn in Greenville, Ky—raised in Drakesboro, Ky 7 miles to/from Paradise. Baptised in the Green River where Hwy 176 ended in the Green River at Paradise where the Song Paradise was written about. Also, worked worked for Peabody Coal Company and P & M Coal Company both helped haul Paradise away.
  • Ginni Latham from Bartlett, IlMy family is from Muhlenberg. I spent Mose of my summers and long weekends down inCentral City, down by Green River where Paradise lays. I had more fun in that river..... until” two summers ago, my cousin from rChicago drown down with just ended her life, because that was her Paradise. Everyone of from Chicago loved that area. I love the song... I listen to it all the time.
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