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

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?'

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?'

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
To future's here to stay, but hey
We're just children of tomorrow
Hangin' on to yesterday

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

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

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

Prisoners in paradise
Prisoners in paradise
We're just prisoners in paradise
Still far from heaven's door
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 hey
We're just children of tomorrow
Hangin' on to yesterday