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