I take the schoolbooks from your pack
 Plastics, wire and your kiss
 The breath of eternity on your lips

 In the crowded marketplace
 I drift from face to face
 I hold my breath and close my eyes
 I hold my breath and close my eyes
 And I wait for paradise
 And I wait for paradise

 The Virginia hills have gone to brown
 Another day another sun going down
 I visit you in another dream
 I visit you in another dream

 I reach and feel your hair
 Your smell lingers in the air
 I brush your cheek with my fingertips
 I taste the void upon your lips
 And I wait for paradise
 And I wait for paradise

 I search for you on the other side
 Where the river runs clean and wide
 Up to my heart the waters rise
 Up to my heart the waters rise

 I sink 'neath the water cool and clear
 Drifting down, I disappear
 I see you on the other side
 I search for the peace in your eyes
 But they're as empty as paradise
 They're as empty as paradise
 I break above the waves
 I feel the sun upon my face