{"id":43862,"date":"2025-05-16T11:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T11:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=43862"},"modified":"2025-05-16T11:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T11:30:07","slug":"trouble-in-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/05\/16\/trouble-in-paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"Trouble in Paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Trouble-in-Paradise-Reggae.mp3\">Trouble-in-Paradise-Reggae.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Trouble-in-Paradise-Reggae.mp4\">TTrouble-in-Paradise-Reggae.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Trouble-in-Paradise.mp3\">Trouble-in-Paradise.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Trouble-in-Paradise.mp4\">Trouble-in-Paradise.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XIII\/Trouble-in-Paradise-intro.mp3\">Trouble-in-Paradise-..&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nIs there trouble in paradise&#8230;<br \/>\nNeed I ask twice<br \/>\n(Trouble in paradise?)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nWe were living in the Golden Age<br \/>\nEverything could have been just fine<br \/>\nBut over love we chose damage<br \/>\nTill the light faded its shine<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nIs there trouble in paradise&#8230;<br \/>\n(Are we men or mice?)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nIs there trouble in paradise&#8230;<br \/>\nNeed I ask twice<br \/>\n(Trouble in paradise?)<br \/>\nTurned the American dream<br \/>\nInto obscene<br \/>\n(Do you know what I mean?)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nTrouble in paradise<br \/>\n(Take my advice)<br \/>\nSacrifice!<br \/>\n(Trouble in paradise)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nEverything we needed, at our finger tips<br \/>\nAll the fancy toppings&#8230; pretzels and microchips<br \/>\nBut, hey, fumble and tumble with our loose lips<br \/>\nThrowing it all away&#8230; day after day<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nIs there trouble in paradise&#8230;<br \/>\n(Are we men or mice?)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nIs there trouble in paradise&#8230;<br \/>\nNeed I ask twice<br \/>\n(Trouble in paradise?)<br \/>\nTurned the American dream<br \/>\nInto obscene<br \/>\n(A truly ugly scene)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nTrouble in paradise<br \/>\n(Take my advice)<br \/>\nSacrifice!<br \/>\n(Trouble in paradise)<\/p>\n<h2>Song inspired by <a href=\"http:\/\/everything.membrane.com\/trumpenomics-the-decline-of-the-us\/\">Trumpenomics: The Decline of the US<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/songwriter\/tag\/thwart\/\">Thwart<\/a>&#8220;<\/h3>\n<h3>Also found on the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/songwriter\/tag\/reggae-entree\/\">Reggae Entr\u00e9e<\/a>&#8220;<\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trouble-in-Paradise-Reggae.mp3 TTrouble-in-Paradise-Reggae.mp4 Trouble-in-Paradise.mp3 Trouble-in-Paradise.mp4 Trouble-in-Paradise-..&gt; [Intro] Is there trouble in paradise&#8230; Need I ask twice (Trouble in paradise?) 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