Cloud Nine - Edwin Starr

作词：Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong

作曲：Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong

Childhood part of my life it wasn't very pretty

You see I was born and raised in the slums of the city

It was a one room shack that slept ten other children besides me

We hardly had enough food or room to sleep

It was hard times

Needed something 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 seekin' a job that I never did find

Depressed and downhearted I took to cloud nine

I'm doin' fine up here on cloud nine

Listen one more time I'm doin' fine up here on cloud nine

Folks down there tell me

They say give yourself a chance son don't let life pass you by

But the world of reality is a rat race where only the strongest survive

It's a dog eat dog world and that ain't no lie

Listen it ain't even safe no more to walk the streets at night

I'm doin' fine on cloud nine

Let me tell you about cloud nine

Cloud nine you can be what you wanna be

Cloud nine

You ain't got no responsibility

And ev'ry man ev'ry man is free

Cloud nine

And you're a million miles from reality

I wanna say I love the life I live

And I'm gonna live the life I love up here on cloud nine

I'm riding high

On cloud nine you're as free as a bird in flight

Cloud nine

There's no diff'rence between day and night

Cloud nine

It's a world of love and harmony

Cloud nine

You're a million miles from reality

Cloud nine you can be what you wanna be

Cloud nine

You ain't got no responsibility

And ev'ry man ev'ry man is free

Cloud nine

And you're a million miles from reality

Cloud nine

Cloud nine

Cloud nine