This Side Of Paradise - Ric Ocasek

The midnight oyster bellies bug you

From inside you want to scream

The comic cut is your arrival

Your reflections are obscene

Well you’re looking for another end

Doing time

But you still can’t turn away

Well you’re looking for a real friend

Any kind

That wants to play the games you play

On this side of paradise

You’re never going to go through twice

Stay tuned at any price

To this side of paradise

Cylinder dreams passing in stages

Lethargic grins left to bare

Broadway windows cubical cages

Where escape is fairly rare

Well you’re looking for another end

Any Time

But you still can’t turn away

Well you’re looking for a real friend

Any kind

That wants to play the games you play

On this side of paradise

You’re never going to go through twice

Stay tuned at any price

To this side of paradise

You’ve got to keep yourself well amused

Pay no attention to the faulty news

Set yourself on automatic cruise

Sometimes you just got to lose

On this side of paradise

You’re never going to go through twice

Stay tuned at any price

To this side of paradise

On this side of paradise

On this side of paradise