Lyrics to
Small Paradise

This version of Small Paradise was released by John Cougar Mellencamp in 1979.

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Two veteran lovers french kiss in the doorway
Their ears are cold but their hearts are so warm
A country band playin’ down the street just a little ways
They’re whiskey wild, they keep it up until dawn

Small Paradise
I glad to see everything’s alright with you
Alright then hold me tight – kiss me
Small Paradise

A neon sign blinks outside in the pouring rain
It’s ladies night free drinks until 10
Some people walk on by, hey girl don’t
I know you, won’t you come on in
Well it ain’t love but it ain’t bad

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About Lyrics and Small Paradise by John Cougar Mellencamp

The lyrics for Small Paradise are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by John Cougar Mellencamp. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Small Paradise have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Small Paradise - John Cougar Mellencamp and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Small Paradise by John Cougar Mellencamp in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Small Paradise" means the words set to the music of Small Paradise, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Cougar Mellencamp. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Small Paradise and the lyrics to Small Paradise are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Cougar Mellencamp who came here looking just for the lyrics to Small Paradise, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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