Strangers in Paradise

[Verse 1]
Billy said, when he was seventeen
There ain't nothin' left here for me now
A small town boy with American dreams
He was California bound
He said, "I'm gonna make it
Damned if I don't try
You know I just won't take it
This life won't pass me by"

[Verse 2]
Billy grew into a blue-eyed and handsome man
The road, it left him hard and lean
He lost his heart to a southern girl
She made him feel just like James Dean
And her name was Rita
She said her love was deep
Billy bought her promises
She could never keep

[Chorus]
Strangers in paradise, long and lonely nights
Never had a dream come true
Strangers in paradise, long and lonely nights
Searched their whole lives through

[Verse 3]
Billy rode those highway lines
'Til they one day brought him home
He took a job and he took a wife
And he worked real hard for things of his own

[Bridge]
He said, "I'm gonna make it
Damned if I don't try
You know I just won't take it
This life won't pass me by"

[Chorus]
Strangers in paradise, long and lonely nights
Never had a dream come true
Strangers in paradise, long and lonely nights
Searched their whole lives through
Strangers in paradise, long and lonely nights
Never had a dream come true
Strangers in paradise, long and lonely nights
Searched their whole lives through
Strangers in paradise, long and lonely nights
Never had a dream come true
Strangers in paradise