Pastime Paradise

Stevie Wonder * Track #8 On Songs in the Key of Life

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Pastime Paradise by Stevie Wonder

Release Date

Tue Sep 28 1976

About

Steve Lodder writes that the song can be understood in two different ways. It compares and contrasts the difference between the negative attitude of someone who has a flawed past, and the positive outlook of someone who wishes for a perfect future in this life or the next. Or, the song may be unders...

Pastime Paradise Lyrics

[Chorus]
They've been spending most their lives
Living in a pastime paradise
They've been spending most their lives
Living in a pastime paradise
They've been wasting most of their time
Glorifying days long gone behind
They've been wasting most their days
In remembrance of ignorance oldest praise

[Post-Chorus]
Tell me who of them will come to be?
How many of them are you and me?

[Verse 1]
Dissipation, race relations
Consolation, segregation
Dispensation, isolation
Exploitation, mutilation
Mutation, miscreation
Confirmation to the evils of the world

[Chorus]
They've been spending most their lives
Living in a future paradise
They've been spending most their lives
Living in a future paradise
They've been looking in their minds
For the day that sorrow's lost from time
They keep telling of the day
When the savior of love will come to stay

[Post-Chorus]
Tell me who of them will come to be?
How many of them are you and me?

[Verse 2]
Proclamation of race relations
Consolation is integration
Verification of revelation
Acclamation, world salvation
Vibration, stimulation
Confirmation to the peace of the world

[Chorus]
They've been spending most their lives
Living in a pastime paradise
They've been spending most their lives
Living in a pastime paradise
They've been spending most their lives
Living in a future paradise
They've been spending most their lives
Living in a future paradise
We've been spending too much of our lives
Living in a pastime paradise
Let's start living our lives
Living for the future paradise
Praise to our lives
Living for the future paradise
Shame to anyone's life
Living in a pastime paradise

Pastime Paradise Q&A

Who wrote Pastime Paradise's ?

Pastime Paradise was written by Stevie Wonder.

Who produced Pastime Paradise's ?

Pastime Paradise was produced by Stevie Wonder.

When did Stevie Wonder release Pastime Paradise?

Stevie Wonder released Pastime Paradise on Tue Sep 28 1976.

What did Stevie say about making this song?

When I first did that track, I started playing drums like Barry White and I began to sing a “shmoo” sound on top of that, but it just didn’t feel right. I said, “Hell no. It ain’t happening.” So I blew that off for a while. Then I was working on other stuff with some percussionists, and I said, “Let...

What is the meaning of this song?

… We’re talking about people and living in those times again where there’s such a lack of tolerance, people having their own differences and “Hey, I don’t want to work with you.” But you’re no different than me; we’re created by the same God.

— Stevie Wonder, Billboard, 2004

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