(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 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