(it's A) Long Way To Paradise (from Here) Lyrics - Flags And Emblems - Stiff Little Fingers

When you're young you stand your ground 

And nothing seem to get you down at all 

Then you grow to realise 

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) 

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)