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
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  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; It's never closed
  Paradise Road
  
  Paradise is a state of mind
  Down the road of life and time
  And the friends we meet
  Make the travlin' sweet
  On Paradise Road
  Sometimes now when the world is mad
  I find that place I've always had
  Inside my soul; It's paved in gold
  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
  But I had the gift of imagination
  I could change my situation
  Anytime I choose I could always go
  Down Paradise Road