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