[Spoken intro]
"I want to learn how to fly"
"I want to be respected"
"I want to get lucky"
"I want to get out of this dump"
"I just want to watch TV"
"I want to be loved"
"I want to be different"
"I want a brother and sister"
"I'd just rather be forgotten"
"I want to save the world"
"I want to be understood"
"I want to be rich"
"Man, I just want to be somebody"

[Guitar solo]

[Verse 1]
Julie's got the word today
She lost her job, just one last pay
Life don't come easy anymore
Still strugglin' on by herself
Got a picture of Jimmy there on the shelf
And she looks at him and says
"Why did we let it go?"
[Pre-Chorus]
I know that sometimes baby
We didn´t see things eye-to-eye
But I got just one question
"Did we have to say goodbye?"

[Chorus]
Oh, just like prisoners in paradise
Still far from heaven's door
We had it all but still, we wanted more
Now I realize that I can't
Turn back the future's here
To stay but hey
We're just children of tomorrow
Hangin' on to yesterday
Woah, yeah

[Verse 2]
Jimmy still recalls the night when he took his guitar
And headed on out to find the big time
That was his dream
He gave up his past and made it alright
But there´s something missin' in his heart tonight
Sometimes what you want ain't what you need
No, no
[Pre-Chorus]
He misses drivin' down to the lake at night
Holdin' his baby in his arms so tight
Ain't it hard to find illusions
When you're livin' in a memory

[Chorus]
Just like prisoners in paradise
So close but yet so far
There will come a time no matter who you are
When you ask yourself
"Was it right or wrong for me to turn away?"
But hey -
We're just children of tomorrow
Hangin' on to yesterday
Woah, yeah-yeah

[Guitar solo]

[Bridge]
Prisoners in paradise
Prisoners in paradise
Yeah, yeah

[Outro]
We're just prisoners in paradise
Still far from heaven's door
And we had it all but still, we wanted more
We're just prisoners in paradise
So close but yet so far
There will come a time no matter, no matter who you are
When you ask yourself
"Was it right or wrong for me to turn away?"
But, we're just children of tomorrow
Hangin' on to yesterday