(Dolly Parton)

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.

Chorus:
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.

--- Instrumental ---

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.

Paradise Road, Paradise Road,
Down Paradise Road, Paradise Road...