Part of the 2016 LOVE Poetry Festival.
Deed To Paradise
by Derek Stephen McPhail
VERSE 1
WITH YOU I HAD EVERYTHING
SHARING THE DEED TO PARADISE
BONE OF MY BONE, FLESH OF MY FLESH
THROUGH THE POWER OF LOVE
WE WERE BLESSED ONES
SHARING THE DEED TO PARADISE…
CHORUS
THINK I KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
LOVE HAS GIVEN ME STRENGTH
THINK I KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
LOVE HAS GIVEN ME HOPE
THINK I KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
THE DEED TO PARADISE…
VERSE 2
PLAYED A TRICK ON MY SELF
LOSING THE DEED TO PARADISE
TEMPTED BY FORBIDDEN FRUIT
SQUANDERED OUR PRECIOUS LOVE
LOSING MY FAITH, NAKED AND ASHAMED
LOSING THE DEED TO PARADISE…
REPEAT CHORUS
I RECEIVED MY JUST REWARD
FINDING THE DEED TO PARADISE…
TAUGHT ME I WAS NOT ALONE
FORGIVING OTHERS, I FORGAVE MYSELF
WE ARE BLESSED ONES
FINDING THE DEED TO PARADISE…
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