artificial paradise

jj cale

many loves in a lifetime

they seem to go astray

many people come and go

they never seem to stay

sometimes i kid myself

then i realise

i'm just living in an artificial paradise

a hundred times

my hopes and dreams are blown into the air

a thousand times

it always seems no one is really there

then i know i'm fooling myself

i'm not so wise

i'm just living in an artificial paradise

plastic state of mind

superficial clothes

living in a vacuum

close to zero

sometimes i kid myself

then i realise

i'm just living in an artificial paradise