"Paradise Revisited" lyrics and music by Benjamin Newmn (no capo) / Em A / / / C D / The sages who sought for the Secret Power Said G!d's Presence was a grove of trees Apples and almonds in the fullness of flower And their fragrance upon the breeze And they knew G?d's Presence was One, and they knew The trees whispered, one to another I can hear them, too, when I'm open to You-- Protector and Teacher and Maiden and Mother / C D / G C / 1st / / And the trees of the garden are singing The many are One, but they're not the same And the wind in the garden is bringing All of their names back home to the Name The Perfect Light from the first day of dawning Still shines through the branches there And seekers before us have given fair warning Not everyone can handle the glare Some have lost their way, some have lost their minds And some say that the trees are just trees But a soul's got to reckon with the tale she finds In the plain truth of what she sees And the birds in the treetops chatter They say there isn't a G0d at all They say that's just why it matters Just which G*d you choose to call In the old days, the grove was well-hidden But men wrote its secrets down And tourists began to arrive unbidden For a glimpse of the the sacred ground And we weren't prepared, or properly careful We took what we thought to take And yet, if we didn't quite know our peril We knew something about a snake But the snake only whispers, gently As if it prefers to hide: You've studied that tree intently But are you sure that you've checked both sides?