Generation X Paradise West Lyrics

Paradise West Lyrics

A sixteen hundred 



packed with angry young men



Came burning down mainstreet



I touched the epiphone that hung on my hip



It knew the sound of my heartbeat



But turning the corner 



In a twisted heap



They pulled some bodies



From an upturned Ford



Some kid looked at me and said it's only life



Might as well use it while we're young,



Might as well use it while we're young







I queued with some friends 



outside the ABC one



To see THE KILLER WITH NO NAME



Yeah De Niros so great, and you know last week



I saw the universe in flames



But it's always the same like Citizen Kane



Y'end up with nothing and you leave for home



Talking and kicking coke cans in the street



As Fu Manchu Looks on,



As Fu Manchu Looks on







And I thought they must think I'm crazy



The things I'll see for fun



Then in my mind I saw the enemy



And I wasted him with my gun







I thought of my brother working Heathrow



Flying engines in the night



Learning every part he'll be through in years



When I'm signed on for life



Lying here waiting for a hero to rise



But a lazy man lies back instead



No one hears the young man when he's alone



Planning to kill someone,



Planning to kill someone







And I thought it must be me who's crazy



The things I'll do for fun



Choosing poison to get to paradise



Paradise west one



And I thought it must be me who's crazy



The things I'll do for fun



Choosing poison to get to paradise



Paradise west one