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 - yea it's just me and you    and that's all we got yea... that's all we got to hold on to    yea this side of paradise       I remember bein' a little boy in the back seat - 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 wanna know what they're not tellin    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