Prisoners in paradise
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1. July's got no work today. She's lost her job, just one last pain.
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Life don't come easy anymore.
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Still struggling on by herself, got a picture of Jimmy there on the shelf
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and she looks at him and says: "Why did we let it go?"
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I know that sometimes, baby, we didn't see things eye to eye
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but I got just one question: Did we have to say goodbye? Oh.
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Refr. Just like prisoners in paradise, still far from heavens door.
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Yeah, we had it all but still we wanted more.
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Now I realize that I can't turn back, the future's here to stay.
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We're just children of tomorrow hangin' on to yesterday.
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2. Jimmy still recalls the night when he took his guitar and headed out
to find the big time, yeah, that was his dream.
He gave up his past and made it alright but there's something missing in his heart tonight.
Sometimes what you want ain't what you need.
He misses driving down to the lake at night, holding his baby in his arms so tight.
Ain't it hard to find illusions when you're living on a memory.
Refr. Just like prisoners in paradise, so close but yet so far.
There will come a time, no matter where you are,
when you ask yourself: Was it right or wrong for me to turn away?
We're just children of tomorrow hangin' on to yesterday.
Brid. Prisoners in paradise. Prisoners in paradise. Yeah, yeah.
Refr. We're just prisoners in paradise, still far from heavens door.
Yeah, we had it all but still we wanted more.
Now I realize that I can't turn back, the future's here to stay.
We're just children of tomorrow hangin' on to yesterday.
Refr. Just like prisoners in paradise, so close but yet so far.
There will come a time, no matter where you are,
when you ask yourself: Was it right or wrong for me to turn away?
We're just children of tomorrow hangin' on to yesterday.