Paradise Alley Songtext
von Jeremy Ivey

I saw a killer with an eye patch and limp
Darken the doorway
Of a one time palace, that in 100 years
Became a halfway

He never spoke but I knew his name was Greed
And he stole the world with no trace of need
And he took more lives than anyone could tally
Now he′s the king of Saturday night down in paradise alley

Everywhere she goes, the queen of doom
She takes her writer
Who hands pages to read aloud
Whеn someone tries to indict hеr

The forgotten girls of west street knew her name
But no one calls it anymore, since she lost her fame
A lot of lonely men knew her as Sally
Yeah, she used to make the dead men grin down In paradise alley


Assassins in drag are throwing roses
To street performers
In the bankrupt empire where the mayor hides
Out in the corners

In the endless bowels of this graveyard town
He breaks every single law he ever laid down
Before the whistleblowers all start to rally
He's gonna sneak away, back down to paradise alley

Peasants are throwing stones wrapped up
In pages of the bible
Into the windows of the clinic
Where they sell you survival

While the queen and mayor wring their hands for a new day
And the loud mouth bells of judgement have no more to say
The song of a million souls will sing a finale
Where they crucify their time down in paradise alley

Yeah, you got a lot guts to show your face
Out in the open
It′s you they blame, haven't you seen the news?
You'd better get going


When they find you out, you know they′re gonna string you up
They′re drunk on blood, my friend, and there's never enough
They′ll drag your name through the mud of this whole damn valley
If you need a place to hide, go down to paradise alley

Yeah, if you need a place to go, my friend, go to paradise alley