This Side Of Paradise

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

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, ya it's just me and you

That's all we got yeah, that's all we got to hold on to

Yeah this side of paradise

I remember bein' a little boy in the backseat, 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 want to know what they're not telling

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, oh yeah

This side of paradise, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah