This Side Of Paradise

Well my beating heart exploded with a mighty crash

And my legs were shaking, things were moving way too

fast

In the daylight hour I don't remember her name

I know deep inside my life won't be the same

So I'll hold on to her memory

She said life would be simple, love would be so sweet

As I held out my hand to another lonely heartbeat

I know I must find this mysterious girl

My whole life in turmoil, my hearts in a whirl

So I'll hold on, hold on, hold on to her memory

What you doing this side of paradise?

Trying to make me pay the price

But you don't know the way I feel

Is this a dream or is it real?

Like a flash of lightning she came down to me

In a blinding moment I found I could see

All her face in its glory, a body so tight

I know I must find I'll look into the night

In a world of adventure the name of the game

It's the one that we live in no person's the same

So I'll hold on, hold on, hold on, to her memory

What you doing this side of paradise?...

In my mind I'm trying to see her perfect face

But the image has gone just a time another place

In a blinding moment I found I could see

Her face in its glory it shone down on me

Still I hold on, hold on, to that memory

What you doing this side of paradise?..