I've been wondering the woods in my dreams I've been swimming in lakes of crystal clean Water will quench my thirst I'll lay back and let the stars do their work My mind is a network of pulses that are twisted and tangled up Escape to deep nature and in one day she can have me straightened up I got to the gates of paradise one minute too late and was denied They said come back again some other time I said ok fine I've been walking to my own beat I've been diving to the bottom of the deep Catch my breath on a mountain top Take a step into fresh air and feel the drop I got to the gates of paradise one minute too late and was denied They said come back again some other time I said ok fine I've been there and I done it all The paradise that I've been looking for It's been in the back of my mind And it's been there all the time All the time All the time All the time I've been catching the sun's last rays I've been sitting by the fire that I made Sink into a deep sleep all the inspired ideas will come to me I got to the gates of paradise one minute too late and was denied They said come back again some other time I said ok fine