Paradise

I don't know why I left

(I don't know why I left)

But I know it won't be long

(But I know it won't be long)

No, it won't be long

(No, it won't be long)

Til I get back home

They gave me a green uniform

And black boots for my feet

18 and wild as hell

I thought it would be neat

They put me on a plane

To some strange foreign land

I said goodbye to Mom and Dad

And hello to Uncle Sam

Once I was a soldier

Not afraid to die

But now I'm a little older

And not afraid to cry

Every day I'm thankful

Just to be alive

When you've been where I've been

Any kind of life

Is paradise

Christmas of '89

Was a lonely time for me

Panama was prob'ly fine

But it was nothin' like Tennessee

Never thought the day would come

When I might have to kill a man

I did not sleep a wink that night

But we won for Uncle Sam

If you've been where I've been

Any kind of life

Is paradise

It's paradise

Paradise