I grew up dirty and i grew up poor

The wolf didn't even hang 'round our door

Not a crumb to spare and the cupboard bare

And i had the gift of imagination

I could change my situation

Anytime i choose i could always go

Down paradise road

I found a kingdom deep within

A place dream and to pretend

And to prepare for the world out there

A dream can dress you when you're ragged

Fill you up when hunger's naggin'

I warmed my soul when life was cold

On paradise road

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Paradise is a state of mind

The sun shines warm and all the time

And the rain don't flow and the wind don't blow

On paradise road

A place no one can take from me

A place of everlasting peace

Where dreamers go; it's never closed

Paradise road



Paradise is a state of mind

Down the road of life and time

And the friends we meet

Make the travlin' sweet

On paradise road

Sometimes now when the world is mad

I find that place i've always had

Inside my soul; it's paved in gold

Paradise road



I grew up dirty and i grew up poor

The wolf didn't even hang 'round our door

Not a crumb to spare and the cupboard bare

But i had the gift of imagination

I could change my situation

Anytime i choose i could always go

Down paradise road