Cheryl Wheeler - Paradise in Troubled Waters lyrics

Winter's voice had barely spoken

(Everyone was bummed and broken

Hangin' on to threads the way we do

Shielding eyes from TV screens

With African starvation scenes

And photographs in magazines

Of things that can't seem true.

Oh, paradise in troubled waters

Situation grim

And we the reckless sons and daughters

Spread the luck so thin

Oh, the gross results and chain reaction

Too late understood

Leave us in embarrassed silence

Wishing that we could

Make the difference, see the light

Carry the flag, lead the fight

Save the whales, save the seals

Save the trees and birds and fields

And save each other.

So we read the news with helpless eyes

And look for ways to compromise

But mostly we just do the best we can

Is it just a part of what we are

To want too much and go too far

And contemplate with no regard

What we don't understand.

Oh, paradise in troubled waters

Situation grim

And we the reckless sons and daughters

Spread the luck so thin

Oh, the gross results and chain reaction

Too late understood

Leave us in embarrassed silence

Wishing that we could

Make the difference, see the light

Carry the flag, lead the fight

Save the whales, save the seals

Save the trees and birds and fields

And save each other.

Oh, paradise in troubled waters...