When you're young you stand your ground
  And nothing seems to get you down at all
  Then you grow to realize
  That everything ain't black and white
  It's brown
  On and on your life drags on
  And every day's the same
    [Chorus:]
  It's a long way to paradise from here
  It's a long way to paradise from here
    Every week you stand in line
  You queue to put your name upon a form
  And every week they have devised
  Another way of making you feel small
  On and on your life grinds on
  And you're not living at all
    [Chorus repeats]
    You think you're tough
  You think you're smart
  But they know how
  To break your heart
  They'll chew you up
  And spit you out
  And make you start again
    [Chorus repeats]