The Last Resort Lyrics

The Last Resort lyrics

She came from Providence,
the one in Rhode Island
Where the old world
shadows hang
heavy in the air
She packed her hopes and dreams
like a
refugee
Just as her father came across the sea

She heard about a
place people were smilin'
They spoke about the red man's way,
and how
they loved the land
And they came from everywhere
to the Great
Divide
Seeking a place to stand
or a place to hide

Down in the
crowded bars,
out for a good time,
Can't wait to tell you all,
what
it's like up there
And they called it paradise
I don't know
why
Somebody laid the mountains low
while the town got high

Then
the chilly winds blew down
Across the desert
through the canyons of the
coast, to
the Malibu
Where the pretty people play,
hungry for
power
to light their neon way
and give them things to do

Some rich
men came and raped the land,
Nobody caught 'em
Put up a bunch of ugly
boxes, and Jesus,
people bought 'em
And they called it paradise
The
place to be
They watched the hazy sun, sinking in the sea

You can
leave it all behind
and sail to Lahaina
just like the missionaries did,
so many years ago
They even brought a neon sign: "Jesus is
coming"
Brought the white man's burden down
Brought the white man's
reign

Who will provide the grand design?
What is yours and what is
mine?
'Cause there is no more new frontier
We have got to make it
here

We satisfy our endless needs and
justify our bloody deeds,
in
the name of destiny and the name
of God

And you can see them
there,
On Sunday morning
They stand up and sing about
what it's like
up there
They call it paradise
I don't know why
You call someplace
paradise,
kiss it goodbye