Gretchen Peters - This Side Of Paradise lyrics

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 Ahh - 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' I don't wanna hear no lies I just want something to believe in Ahh - it's a lonely, lonely road we're on This side of paradise There ain't no crystal ball Yhere ain't no Santa Claus There ain't no fairy tales There ain't no streets of gold There ain't no chosen few It's just me and you That's all we got yeah That's all we got to hold on to Yeah 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'd 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 telling I don't wanna hear no lies I just want something to believe in Ahh - it's a lonely, lonely road we're on This side of paradise