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

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

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