Bryan Adams Lyrics

Album: Room Service

This Side Of Paradise Lyrics

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