Someplace Green

The good Lord made man, then he rested for a little while Said look what I've done, ain't he pretty, then he cracked a smile I'll watch him grow, I'll hear him talk, learn to love and fight But when he's had his fill of these I'll walk him through the night To someplace green (someplace green) Someplace nice (someplace nice) Someplace that I (ooh-ooh) call paradise Growin' greener in the rain Waitin' there for man to claim The good Lord looked down on the earth one afternoon and frowned Said man ain't learned an awful lot since I carved him out of ground He's built a lot of steeples of clay and rocks and sand But he hasn't learned to get along with his fellow man And someplace green (someplace green) Someplace nice (someplace nice) Someplace that I (ooh-ooh) call paradise Is growin' greener in the rain Waitin' there for man to claim The good Lord's been around a while, he'll turn a tee at least And I guess he'll be around a while, when time and tide have ceased Lookin' down from somewhere, tryin' hard to find If man has earned his paradise the other side of time And someplace green (someplace green) Someplace nice (someplace nice) Someplace that he calls paradise Is growin' greener in the rain Waitin' there for man to claim Yes growin' green, green, green in the rai-ai-ain Waitin' there for man to claim