Edit for headphones, February 2022. A song from the double cd "If Paradise Was Half As Nice - The Immediate Anthology" (Castle Music CMDDD 056).
A nice song, sure has its charmes, but when at 1.27 singing "la la la la" (instead of…
Edit for headphones, February 2022. A song from the double cd "If Paradise Was Half As Nice - The Immediate Anthology" (Castle Music CMDDD 056).
A nice song, sure has its charmes, but when at 1.27 singing "la la la la" (instead of another "if paradise") becomes a relief, then one can understand why in some cases British disc jockeys were right for not liking long songs... The single reached number one on the UK singles chart for two weeks in February 1969 and number 34 when it was reissued in 1976. Number 13 in Holland in 1969.
(IF PARADISE IS) HALF AS NICE
(Giulio Rapetti/Lucio Battisti/Jack Fishman (translation))
la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
if paradise is half as nice as heaven that you take me to
who needs paradise I'd rather have you
they say paradise is up in the stars
but I needn't sigh because it's so far
'cause I know it's worth a heaven on earth
for me where you are
a look from your eyes, the touch of your hand
and I seem to fly to some other land
when you are around my heart always pounds
just like a brass band
if paradise is half as nice as heaven that you take me to
who needs paradise I'd rather have you
oh yes I'd rather have you
la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
if paradise is half as nice as heaven that you take me to
who needs paradise I'd rather have you
oh yes I'd rather have you
la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
they say paradise is up in the stars
but I needn't sigh because it's so far
'cause I know it's worth a heaven on earth
for me where you are
a look from your eyes the touch of your hand
and I seem to fly to some other land
when you are around my heart...
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