This Side Of Paradise

Bryan Adams* g/ @  ]% M% W2 ~
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I'm ridin' in the back seat - nine years old
9 p2 R" X7 F% [# }" YStarin' out the window countin' the highway poles
2 y" n* v) _& C- p. I) \( c6 k( eAnd then I get to thinkin' - that it don't seem real
4 F# ]7 w2 Y3 J1 b# T8 a; B3 X2 @I'm flyin' through the universe in a '69 oldsmobile+ f6 r& i- [9 G- h5 t8 ]3 L
And I wanna know what they're not tellin'
/ f* K* o5 L4 ?4 k: `And I don't wanna hear no lies7 N0 N, T+ D) V7 w
I just want something to believe in
. Y$ L! N3 Q- n2 ~+ Z8 l2 F- ?Ah - it's a lonely lonely road I'm on- N2 B. A3 [/ S, d
This side of paradise
/ O2 f5 d/ A' N* s- `I'm ridin' in the back seat - black limousine
4 h/ M; A( {0 b' r6 s6 u. m4 _Starin' out the window at a funeral scene: m7 ~! B: Y' [2 P+ g
And then I get to thinkin' - and it don't seem right) U8 @+ f* B8 z# w  f1 k
I'm sittin' here safe and sound and someone I love is gone tonight0 z: d6 Q- a+ ~" Q% v
I wanna know what they're not tellin'
1 x. u7 ~# C" h* p3 yAnd I don't wanna hear no lies; S$ l! W: e) h, `
I just want something to believe in7 O" ^" s; k3 E1 W3 a+ x9 D
Ah - it's a lonely, lonely road we're on
. q2 i2 M& s2 `This side of paradise
" ?# X8 q5 |, A8 i0 p) ?& P4 C5 y0 ZThere ain't no crystal ball - there ain't no santa claus
6 ?: V" O+ c# b8 b1 H5 {There ain't no fairy tales
7 b, b$ K0 J+ k- c; p3 }There ain't no streets of gold; d- ~- T. d0 _& z! ?# K
There ain't no chosen few - ya it's just me and you8 ]! Y& f+ `+ [( f
And that's all we got ya...that's all we got to hold on to7 S% v- i, Q2 v. v
Ya this side of paradise
, r* w  S* v' u- v1 D/ N' {& i8 J( J) lI remember bein' a little boy in the backseat - nine years old* [. B9 E0 K+ c4 x. C- y& E) F' o
Always askin' questions - never did what I was told; s9 i, F  A8 \0 ]
And then I get to thinkin' like I always do
! y" `" J; P* @7 J6 MWe wander 'round in the darkness but every now and then1 a- \6 P" B  w# }8 K/ |
A little light shines through
0 v" ~) e$ j: F( _. [0 JI want to know what they're not telling
% b, B& Q, B! r" HI don't wanna hear no lies
' ^, ?% l0 L0 r, p0 j) F: wI just want something to believe in1 c2 H6 ?3 z/ i$ g5 l8 |
Ah - it's a lonely lonely road we're on
! j$ T) b) Z2 U9 a6 r7 jThis side of paradise