Paradise West Lyrics - Singles - Generation X

A sixteen hundred, packed with angry young men 

Came burning down main street 

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 Niro's 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