From: rickl1@ix.netcom.com
 
 
Cheryl Wheeler  Paradise In Troubled Waters written by Cheryl Wheeler

F                  G  
Winter's voice had barely spoken
Em           F
Everyone was bummed and broken
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Hangin' onto yhreads the way we do
F                   G 
Shielding eyes from TV screens
Em           F
With African starvation scenes
                   G
And photographs in magazines
    F          G          C    F G
Of things that can't seem true
C    
Paradise In Troubled Waters
F          G
Situation grim
C
And we the reckless sons and daughters
F                  G
Spread the luck so thin
        C
Oh, the gross results and chain reaction
F             G
Too late understood
F                G
Leave us in embarrassed silence
F               G
Wishing that we could
         C
Make the difference, see the light
          F              G
Carry the flag, lead the fight
         C
Save the whales, save the seals
         F                   G
Save the trees and birds and fields
              FaddB C  F  G
And save each other
F                        G
So we read the news with helpless eyes
Em                   F
And look for ways to compromise
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But mostly, we just do the best we can
      F              G
Is it just a part of what we are
   Em                F
To want too much and go too far
F                       G
And contemplate with no regard
F             G        C  F  G
What we don't understand

From Cheryl Wheeler "Cheryl Wheeler"
North Star Records 1986
Penrod And Higgins Music / Amachrist Music
ACF Music Group

Drums: Robbie Magruder 
Bass: J. T. Brown, John Jennings, Jonathan Edwards, Rico Petrocelli 
Guitars: Cheryl Wheeler, John Jennings 
Keyboards: Dick Brewer, Jon Carroll, Kenny White 
Synthesizers: Kenny White, John Jennings, Jon Carroll 
Percussion/Harmonica: Jonathan Edwards 
String Synthesizer: Jerry Bowles 
Cello: Dave Premo 
Saxophone: Jim Biggins 
Vocals: Cheryl Wheeler, Jonathan Edwards, Mary Chapin Carpenter,
        John Jennings 


Produced by Jonathan Edwards