cloud nine with python lee jackson

Rod Stewart

The childhood part of my life wasn t very pretty, see
I was born and raised in the slums of the city
It was a one-room shack
That slept ten other children beside me
We hardly enough food or room to sleep
It was hard times
I needed somethin to ease my troubled mind

Listen!
My father didn t know the meaning of work
He disrespected mama and treated us like dirt
I left home seeking a job that I never did find
The pressure came down hard and I took to cloud nine

I m doing fine (up here!) on cloud nine
Listen, one more time
I m doing fine (up here!) on cloud nine

Folks down there tell me!
They say give yourself a chance
And don t let life pass you by
But the world in reality is a rat race
Where only the strongest survive
It s a dog-eat-dog world and that ain t no lie (ain t no lie)
It ain t even safe no more to walk the streets at night

I m doing fine on cloud nine

Let me tell bout cloud nine
Cloud nine
You can be what you want to be
Cloud nine
You ain t got no responsibility
Cloud nine
And every man, every man is free
Cloud nine
You re a million miles from reality (reality)

Cloud nine
I wanna say I love the life I live
And I m going to live the life I love
Or be on cloud nine
I, I, I, I, I, I m ridin high
On cloud nine
You re as free as a burning flame
Cloud nine
There s no difference between day and night
Cloud nine
It s a world of love and harmony
Cloud nine
You re a million miles from reality (reality)

Cloud nine
You can be what you want to be, ah
Cloud nine
You ain t got no responsibility
Cloud nine
Every man in his mind is free
Cloud nine
You re a million miles from reality
Cloud nine
You can be what you want to be

I m doing fine on cloud nine