[ti:]This Side Of Paradise [ar:]Bryan adamas [al:] [00:12.58]I′m ridin′ in the back seat - nine years old [00:16.79]Starin′ out the window countin′ the highway poles [00:21.09]And then I get to thinkin′ - that it don′t seem real [00:25.28]I′m flyin′ through the universe in a ′69 oldsmobile [00:30.78]And I wanna know what they′re not tellin′ [00:34.97]And I don′t wanna hear no lies [00:39.39]I just want something to believe in [00:43.83]Ah - it′s a lonely lonely road I′m on [00:52.78]This side of paradise [01:04.51]I′m ridin′ in the back seat - black limousine [01:09.05]Starin′ out the window at a funeral scene [01:13.28]And then I get to thinkin′ - and it don′t seem right [01:17.56]I′m sittin′ here safe and sound and someone I love is gone tonight [01:22.54]I wanna know what they′re not tellin′ [01:27.15]And I don′t wanna hear no lies [01:31.49]I just want something to believe in [01:39.94]Ah - it′s a lonely, lonely road we′re on [01:44.88]This side of paradise [01:51.87]There ain′t no crystal ball [01:54.29]there ain′t no santa claus [01:56.78]There ain′t no fairy tales [01:58.86]There ain′t no streets of gold [02:01.07]There ain′t no chosen few [02:03.63]ya it′s just me and you [02:05.58]And that′s all we got ya.. [02:07.60].that′s all we got to hold on to [02:13.84]Ya this side of paradise [02:27.53]I remember bein′ a little boy in the backseat [02:30.18]nine years old [02:32.72]Always askin′ questions - never did what I was told [02:36.72]And then I get to thinkin′ like I always do [02:40.95]We wander ′round in the darkness but every now and then [02:44.63]A little light shines through [02:46.41]I want to know what they′re not telling [02:50.73]I don′t wanna hear no lies [02:55.42]I just want something to believe in [02:59.33]Ah [03:07.97]it′s a lonely lonely road we′re on [03:13.17]This side of paradise