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I grew up dirty and i grew up poor |
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The wolf didn't even hang 'round our door |
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Not a crumb to spare and the cupboard bare |
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And i had the gift of imagination |
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I could change my situation |
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Anytime i choose i could always go |
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Down paradise road |
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I found a kingdom deep within |
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A place dream and to pretend |
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And to prepare for the world out there |
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A dream can dress you when you're ragged |
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Fill you up when hunger's naggin' |
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I warmed my soul when life was cold |
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On paradise road |
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Paradise is a state of mind |
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The sun shines warm and all the time |
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And the rain don't flow and the wind don't blow |
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On paradise road |
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A place no one can take from me |
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A place of everlasting peace |
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Where dreamers go; it's never closed |
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Paradise road |
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Paradise is a state of mind |
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Down the road of life and time |
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And the friends we meet |
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Make the travlin' sweet |
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On paradise road |
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Sometimes now when the world is mad |
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I find that place i've always had |
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Inside my soul; it's paved in gold |
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Paradise road |
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I grew up dirty and i grew up poor |
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The wolf didn't even hang 'round our door |
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Not a crumb to spare and the cupboard bare |
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But i had the gift of imagination |
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I could change my situation |
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Anytime i choose i could always go |
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Down paradise road |
