One step that takes you closer to heaven
  One road that stretches out ahead
  One word that drives you to the point of decision
  One wave that closes on a drowning man
  One man who never knew the meaning of resistance
  So now the turning tide will take another prayer to paradise
  Tonight, a mist is rolling with the river
  Tonight, the rain is coming down
  Tonight, you reach out to the point of decision
  
  One wave that closes on a drowning man
  A man who never knew the meaning of resistance
  And now the turning tide will take another prayer
  And where it falls, nobody knows
  Oh, paradise, oh paradise, oh paradise, oh paradise
  One step that takes you closer to heaven
  This wave that closes on a drowning man
  A man who never knew the meaning of forever
  So now the turning tide will take another prayer
  And where it falls, nobody goes
  To paradise, oh paradise, oh paradise, one prayer
  To paradise, one prayer to paradise, oh paradise, oh paradise