i..... have a simple point of view no obsessions i pursue i'm a poor man, though i do not need a thing i..... have a wealth of another kind opulence is state of mind i'm a poor man, with a fortune of a king all that i cherish, what i hold precious to me is not gold treasures of the heart cannot be bought, cannot be sold chorus: no i am a pauper in paradise though i have nothing, i don't complain/(i have it all) i am a pauper in paradise better this than a king in chains i.....have no treasure more revered than the life i've persevered i'm a poor man, with the fortune of a king all that i've wanted all i've yearned is the piece of mind i've earned measures of the heart cannot be taught, cannot be learned repeat chorus repeat chorus (x2)