Pastime Paradise (Live/1995) - Stevie Wonder

Been spending most their lives Living in a pastime paradise Been spending most their lives Living in a pastime paradise Been wasting most their lives Glorifying days long gone behind Been wasting most their days In remembrance of ignorance, oldest praise Who of them will come to be How many of them are you and me? Dissipation, race relations Consolation, segregation Dispensation, isolation Exploitation, mutilation Mutations, miscreation Confirmation to the evils of the world Been spending most their lives Living in a future paradise Been spending most their lives Living in a future paradise Been looking in their minds For the day that sorrow's gone from time Keep telling of the day When the saviour of love will come to stay Who of them will come to be How many of them are you and me? Proclamation of race relations Immigration, integration Verification of relations Acclamation, world salvation Vibrations, stimulation Confirmation to the peace of the world Been spending most their lives Living in a pastime paradise Been spending most their lives Living in a pastime paradise Been spending most their lives Living in a future paradise Oh, future paradise Been spending too much of our lives Living in a pastime paradise Oh, pastime paradise Oh, let's start living for the future Oh, future paradise Let's start living our lives Living for the future Oh, future paradise Praise to our lives Living for the future Oh, future paradise Shame to anyone's lives Living in a pastime paradise Oh, pastime paradise Let's start living our lives Living for the future Oh, future paradise Let's start living our lives Living for the future Oh, future paradise

They've been spending most their lives Living in a pastime paradise They've been spending most their lives Living in a pastime paradise They've been wasting most their time Glorifying days long gone behind They've been wasting most their days In remembrance of ignorance oldest praise Tell me who of them will come to be How many of them are you and me Dissipation, race relations Consolation, segregation Dispensation, Isolation, exploitation Mutilation, mutations, miscreation Confirmation, to the evils of the world They've been spending most their lives Living in a future paradise They've been spending most their lives Living in a future paradise They've been looking in their minds For the day that sorrows gone from time They keep telling of the day When the savior of love will come to stay Tell me who of them will come to be How many of them are you and me Proclamation of race relations Consolation, integration Verification of revelations Acclamation, world salvation Vibrations, stimulation Confirmation, to the peace of the world They've been spending most their lives Living in a pastime paradise They've been spending most their lives Living in a pastime paradise They've been spending most their lives Living in a future paradise They've been spending most their lives Living in a future paradise We've been spending too much of our lives Living in a pastime paradise Let's start living our lives Living for the future paradise Praise to our lives Living for the future paradise Shame to anyone's lives Living in the pastime paradise

Way back when well our master plan Was havin' fun fun fun as America's band Well we came out rockin' with Rhonda and Barbara Ann Singin' of surf and sand Now when we look back over all the fun we had If our lifestyle's over now it sure is sad We gotta get back to livin' without a care Give me sunshine water and an ozone layer Paradise is a state of mind Where Mother Nature nurtures and man is kind We need a change now wouldn't it be nice If we could bring back summer Get us back our summer Summer in paradise (Paradise) Summer in paradise (paradise) They chop down the forests And in their haste leave a trail of destruction And toxic waste is leavin' no one safe In their home or their habitat Can't let it go like that Too much consumption and too much greed When you consider all the people That are livin' in need Interdependence in this world is a natural fact And we're all under attack It's the eve of destruction or so they say But mankind doesn't have to go that way If we all get together we can make things right And we can bring back summer Get us back our summer Summer in paradise (Paradise) Summer in paradise (paradise) Summer in paradise (paradise) Summer in paradise Surfers recycle now don't you know Like evryone from California to Kokomo We're gonna keep on rockin' And raisin' world consciousness We gotta fix this mess Looked in the future and what I saw Was a world in harmony with natural law There's trouble now but it will be alright if we can Bring back summer Get us back our summer Summer in paradise (Paradise) Summer in paradise (paradise) Summer in paradise (paradise) Summer in paradise (paradise) Summer in paradise (Paradise) Summer in paradise (paradise) Summer in paradise (Paradise) Summer in paradise (paradise) Summer in paradise (Paradise) Summer in paradise (paradise) Summer in paradise

Zat in het duister iedere avond Ik weet nog steeds niet waar je vandaan komt Verloor m'n vleugels maar terug in de lucht door jou Zocht naar geluk maar ik kon het niet vinden Ik zat op slot en liet niemand meer binnen Je was de sleutel, je voelde meteen als goud Een soort magie die me grijpt uit het niets Zonder woorden, één blik en ik vlieg Je bent niets minder dan een wonder Een oceaan in vuur en vlam Alsof de zon schijnt in het donker Het bliksemt en het dondert Dag en nacht Je bent niets minder dan een wonder (wonder) Nu zie ik sterren overdag En elk uur wordt een seconde Het bliksemt en het dondert in m'n hart Niets minder, minder dan een wonder Ohoho, ohoho Niets minder, minder dan een wonder Ohoho, ohoho Niets minder, minder dan een Ik bleef een wens doen iedere avond Misschien is dat wel waar je vandaan komt Je brak de stilte en gaf me je symfonie Een soort magie die me grijpt uit het niets Zonder woorden, één blik en ik vlieg Je bent niets minder dan een wonder (wonder) Een oceaan in vuur en vlam Alsof de zon schijnt in het donker Het bliksemt en het dondert Dag en nacht Je bent niets minder dan een wonder (wonder) Nu zie ik sterren overdag En elk uur wordt een seconde Het bliksemt en het dondert in m'n hart Niets minder, minder dan een wonder Ohoho, ohoho Niets minder, minder dan een wonder Ohoho, ohoho Niets minder, minder dan een Je bent niets minder dan een wonder (wonder) Een oceaan in vuur en vlam Alsof de zon schijnt in het donker Het bliksemt en het dondert Dag en nacht Je bent niets minder dan een wonder