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 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 - 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 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 this side of paradise, yeah...