All the lights are on The roadies are standing around Clearing off the stage and packing up the show A thousand high school kids have left the stands They're outside holding hands See you in paradise Someone shot you on the stage It left the taste of powder in my mouth He pushed up through the screaming teens Who were here today And he sent you on your way See you in paradise You said we'd hold on Hold on to them yesterdays The bus don't run this late I walk and jam my hands down in my coat The autumn leaves go round in the wind As I walk through the dark You left me in New York I'll see you in paradise Yeah, we're gonna hold on Hold on to them yesterdays Now the summer's gone again I guess everybody's back in class but me I went back to our old school It was torn down So I stood there on the playground See you in paradise