Bryan Adams - This Side Of Paradise

From the album "Room Service" released in 2004.
Written by Bryan Adams and Gretchen Peters

I'm ridin' in the back seat - nine years old
Starin' out the window countin' the highway poles
And then i get to thinkin' - and 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

iIm 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

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

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

And i want to know what they're not telling
I don't wanna hear no lies
We all want something to believe in
Ah - it's a lonely lonely road we're on
This side of paradise
We all need something to believe in
This side of paradise

© 2004 Badams Music Limited

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