Gauguin Tired of the climate in Paris So critically bleak And his wife and companions Who thought he was nothing But an artistic freak A most unhappy man Gauguin Slept without fire in the winter And dreamed about Eve And the garden of Eden Until he was sure There was nothing left to leave Until nothing was pleasing Nothing made sense anymore And he took a train down to Marseilles And went searching for Paradise Just a little further on Paradise You know they'll never miss you til you're gone I got no more pearls to throw to swine I cannot turn this water into wine This bitter cup you offer me will not suffice So I'm gonna go down and search for Paradise Gauguin Got off the boat in Tahiti With a cargo of freight And the thieves and the hookers They were out there to greet him He was a hundred years too late And he knew he couldn't stay there The trade winds were whispering his name And he sailed without looking back And went searching for Paradise Just a little further on Paradise You know they'll never miss you til you're gone I got no more time for fools like you I got no more fingers for the turning of the screw I could use some money But I don't need your advice So I'm gonna keep searching for Paradise ' Cause I want to paint pictures of Paradise So he went out to [?] Past the island of the moon Out beyond [?] Where there were no lagoons Til there were no more islands No further places Til at last he found the highlands Of the desolate Marquesas Gauguin He finished his days With his paints and his brushes Unconquered and savage His canvass a place With visions of heaven He was never at home in this world But I guess we're all that way We're searching for Paradise Just a little further on Paradise You know they'll never miss you til you're gone How much more of this madness can we take? Why can't they leave a man alone for heaven's sake? The reason few are chosen Is 'cause few will pay the price So we gotta keep searching for Paradise If you want to paint pictures of Paradise You've got to lose yourself to find Paradise Paradise Paradise