Return to Paradise

Notes from Joel:

The Pure adventure song had been a big hit at Hume Lake and it was the first time we'd tied a song to the theme of the camp. Return To Paradise was the second effort one year later. The song was written to challenge people on their values - what's really important in life?

Recorded at Coyote Run Studios in spring of 1990. First released on Cross The World (1990).

Credits: Joel Weldon - Lead vocal, guitars, bass, background vocals; Wendel Morden - Keyboards; Timothy Jones - Drums, percussion; Steve Mills - Background vocals; Chris Merkling - Background vocals

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Return to Paradise

Paradise, Paradise
Gotta get back to paradise

Filled my life with money and material things
Worked like a dog so I could live like a king
Tried to look sharp, I was dressed to kill
But my senses were dull, I was losing the thrill

chorus
Paradise, paradise
Gotta get back to Paradise
So many roads, too much advise
But there's only one way to a better life
I've got to get back to paradise

I know that there is hope 'cause I glimpsed the other side
We once lived in the garden but we fell because of pride
Now I'm falling to my knees realizing what I missed
And I'm reaching out to God with my dirty little fist

bridge
Sometimes the path is so hard to find
But you give sight to the blind

chorus

By Joel Weldon

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