This side of paradise

This side of paradise Lyrics

I’m ridin' in the back seat - nine years old
starin' out the window countin' the highway poles
and then I get to thinkin' - that it don't seem real
I’m flyin' through the universe in a 69' Oldsmobile

and I wanna know what they're not tellin
and I don't wanna hear no lies
I just want something to believe in
ah - it's a lonely lonely road I’m on
this side of paradise

I’m ridin' in the back seat - black limousine
starin' out the window at a funeral scene
and then I get to thinkin' - and it don't seem right
I’m sittin' here safe and sound
and someone I love is gone tonight

I wanna know what they're not tellin
and I don't wanna hear no lies
I just want something to believe in
ah - it's a lonely lonely road we're on
this side of paradise

there ain't no crystal ball - there ain't no Santa Claus
there ain't no fairy tales - there ain't no streets of gold
there ain't no chosen few - yea it's just me and you
and that's all we got yea... that's all we got to hold on to
yea this side of paradise

I remember bein' a little boy in the back seat - nine years old
always askin' questions - never did what I was told
and then I get to thinkin' like I always do
we wander 'round in the darkness but every now and then
a little light shines through

I wanna know what they're not tellin
I don't wanna hear no lies
I just want something to believe in
ah - it's a lonely lonely road we're on
This side of paradise