Trouble in Paradise (CAN 12, US 20, 1960)     (video)

 

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    Calling all angels, calling all angels, calling all angels, wooo !

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    Calling all angels, calling all angels, calling all angels, woo !

 

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1.    There's trouble in paradise (yeah-yeah)

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    my turtle dove's changing wings (oh, yeah.)

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    There's trouble in paradise (yeah, yeah),

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    the birds no longer sing.

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    Some devil told my angel      a lot of lies,

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    and now my tears are falling       like raindrops from the sky.

 

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2.    There's trouble in paradise (yeah, yeah),

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    the stars no longer shine (oh, yeah) !

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    There's trouble in paradise (yeah, yeah),

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    ‘cause she's no longer mine.

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    That devil told my angel,      I'd been untrue.

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    Won't somebody help me, please, tell me me what to do ?

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    Mr. Moon,       Mr. Sun,       tell her she's the only one !

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    Guide her with your lovely light        back into my arms, tonight !

 

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3.   There's trouble in paradise (yeah, yeah),

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    and heaven's not the same.

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    The angels sit and cry (yeah, yeah),

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    they say it's such a shame.

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    They'd like our love to be       just like before,

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    then the trouble in paradise       will be no more.

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    Mr. Moon,       Mr. Sun,       tell her she's the only one !

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    Guide her with your lovely light back into my arms, tonight !

 

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4.    There's trouble in paradise (yeah, yeah),

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    and heaven's not the same (oh, yeah) !

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    The angels sit and cry (yeah, yeah),

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    they say it's such a shame.

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    They'd like our love to be        just like before,

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    then the trouble in paradise       will be no more.

 

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+  Calling all angels, calling all angels, calling all angels, wooo !

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    Calling all angels, calling all angels, calling all angels, woo !

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    Calling all angels, calling all angels ….

 

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (The Crests)