There’s a song
that fills the air
When the five points comes alive
With the striking sound of different people
fighting to survive
In the city’s biggest slum
on a street in disrepair
I’ve built a little eden
called Paradise Square
All we have is what we are
Oh oh
Inside here we all are free
we love who we want to love with no apology
If you landed in this square
then you dared to risk it all
At the bottom of the ladder
there’s nowhere left to fall
Every day we have everything to lose
You fight tooth and nail to live the life you choose
When your days are hell, nothing can compare
to the little bit of eden
called Paradise Square.
Oh oh
called Paradise Square.
Oh oh
To the fighting 69th
Yeah!
who fight on our behalf!
The whores and drunks and lowlifes
who’ll be gettin’ the last laugh
We immigrants must prove
what we’ve proved since time began
again & again
We are just as much American
as any other man!
Every day we have everything to lose
You fight tooth and nail
to live the life you choose
When your days are hell, nothing can compare
to the little bit of eden
called Paradise Square
oh oh
called Paradise Square
oh oh
God give our soldiers your grace and your glory
Ooooh
God help us fight to write our own story
Ooooh
Oh God when you made us you shattered the mold
Mmmmm...
Inside there’s a spirit
that can’t be controlled
God give our soldiers your grace and your glory
God help us fight to write our own story
Oh God when you made us you shattered the mold
Inside there’s a spirit that can’t be controlled
There’s a song that fills the air
When the five points comes alive
With the striking sound of different people
fighting to survive
And when your days are hell
you live on a prayer
In the little bit of eden
Called Paradise Square
Oh oh
Called Paradise Square
Oh oh