This Used To Be Paradise Lyrics - Roadside Attractions - Marcia Ball

My grandaddy was a fisherman 

Lived on the water more than the land 

He could tell the seasons by the turn of the tide 

I grew up right by his side 

He was a proud cajun and he worked real hard 

The atchafalaya basin was his front yard 

I can hear him saying with a tear in his eye 

This used to be paradise 

This used to be paradise 

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Brown pelicans and sac au lait 

Big salty oysters and alligators 

So many fish they would jump in your boat 

Throw in a line and that's all she wrote 

We had a little house on high ground 

Cypress trees all around 

Good living, peace and quiet 

This used to be paradise 

This used to be paradise 

Then one day the oil man came 

He gave us jobs and everything changed 

We still run our boats and we drag our nets 

But every day we get less and less and less 

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I guess you can't stop the way that time goes by 

But I can't think of any reason why 

They had to come and take our way of life 

Now we don't know if we can even survive 

They took the very land our house was on 

And the shrimp and the pelicans, they're just hanging on 

It's a damned shame to make an old man cry 

This used to be paradise 

This used to be paradise 

This used to be paradise 

This used to be paradise 

My grandaddy was a fisherman