This Side Of Paradise

I'm riding in the back seat
Nine years old
Staring out the window counting the highway poles
And then I get to thinking
That it don't seem real
I'm flying through the universe in a '69 oldsmobile
And I wanna know what they're not telling
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 riding in the back seat
black limousine
Staring out the window at a funeral scene
And then I get to thinking
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 telling
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
And that's all we got ya
That's all we got to hold on to
Ya this side of paradise

I remember being a little boy in the backseat
Nine years old
Always asking questions
Never did what I was told
And then I get to thinking like I always do
We wander around 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

Yeh, This side of paradise
Yeh, yeh