▁that ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁were ▁inspired ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁by ▁her ▁first ▁trip ▁to ▁Hawai i , ▁where ▁she ▁was ▁struck ▁by ▁a ▁j arring ▁ju xt ap osition ▁of ▁nature ▁and ▁modern ▁civil ization . ▁Also , ▁the ▁next ▁line ▁after ▁" They ▁p aved ▁parad ise ▁and ▁put ▁up ▁a ▁par king ▁lot " ▁is ▁" With ▁a ▁p ink ▁hotel , ▁a ▁bout ique ▁and ▁a ▁swing ing ▁hot ▁spot ", ▁which ▁does ▁not ▁reflect ▁what ▁happened ▁to ▁the ▁Garden ▁of ▁Al lah ▁site ▁itself , ▁on ▁which ▁a ▁bank ▁building ▁was ▁ere cted . ▁There ▁was , ▁however , ▁also ▁a ▁large ▁par king ▁lot ▁on ▁the ▁site ▁to ▁serve ▁that ▁building ; ▁the ▁nearby ▁Ch ate au ▁Mar mont ▁hotel ▁and ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁other ▁big , ▁p ink ish ▁and ▁even ▁near er ▁resident ial ▁building ▁over look ed ▁it ; ▁bout iques ▁ab ounded ▁on ▁the ▁Sun set ▁St rip ; ▁and ▁the ▁" swing ing ", ▁polit ically ▁hot ▁P and ora ' s ▁Box ▁night club ▁was ▁directly ▁across ▁C res cent ▁He ights ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁The ▁existence ▁of ▁a ▁secondary ▁source ▁of ▁insp iration ▁has ▁apparently ▁not ▁been ▁explicitly ▁denied ▁in ▁Mitchell ' s ▁published ▁comments . ▁ ▁A ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁play ▁Ac ross ▁From ▁The ▁Garden ▁Of ▁Al lah ▁by ▁Charles ▁Wood ▁star red ▁Gl enda ▁Jackson ▁and ▁N ig el ▁Haw th orn . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁mar