Paradise Island


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        Paradise Island

        Ingemar Olsson
        Let me tell you about an island
        A dot in the ocean blue
        Where the people were always smiling
        Unaware of what others do
        But one day they were reminded
        And the message was very loud
        At first they were almost blinded
        Then a bang and a mushroom cloud

        Beautiful paradise island
        Peaceful place of its own
        Beautiful paradise island
        If they only left it alone

        I don't mean it to sound sarcastic
        But what are they aiming for?
        To build us a world of plastic
        And destroy it all with a war?
        Technological revolution
        Is not what we're looking for
        If it only brings pollution
        A few rich and many poor

        Beautiful paradise island ...

        Are they afraid someone would attack them
        All their treasures to steal away
        If their weapons did not protect them
        And threaten us every day?
        But who needs their piles of money?
        And who wants another war?
        If you're happy where life is sunny
        On a paradise island shore

        Beautiful paradise island ...

        Beautiful paradise island
        Peaceful place of its own
        Beautiful paradise island
        If they only, only
        If they only had left it alone



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