Paradise

(Craig Morgan/Harley Allen)
 Cadence:
 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)
 Till I get back home
 They gave me a green uniform and black boots for my feel
 Eighteen and wild as hell, I thought it would be neat
 They put me on a plane to some strange and foreign land
 I said my good-bye to mom and dad and hello to Uncle Sam
 Once I was a soldier and not afraid to die
 Now I'm a little older and not afraid to cry
 Everyday I'm thankful just to be alive
 When you've been where I've been any kind of life
 Is paradise
 Christmas of eighty-nine was a lonely time for me
 Panama was probably fine but it was nothing like Tennessee
 I 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
 Once I was a soldier and not afraid to die
 Now I'm a little older and not afraid to cry
 Everyday I'm thankful just to be alive
 When you've been where I've been any kind of life
 Is paradise
 If you've been where I've been any kind of life
 Is paradise
 It's paradise
 Paradise