Story Behind The Song
The thought came to me about life on the not-so-perfect clouds, probably inspired while reading a The Far Side book with my kids, though I'm not sure. The lyrics flowed easily. John Paul, a Lubbock native in from Austin, unloaded a dump truck full of rat
Song Description
The song describes life on Clouds 1-8 with an emphasis on keeping your spirit on Cloud 9 at all times even if you have to fake it to make it.
| Song Length |
6:04 |
Genre |
Rock - General, Rock - Funk |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
On Cloud Nine, Poignant |
Subject |
Spirituality, Conformity |
| Similar Artists |
Duran Duran, Fishbone |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
I hear they're having lots of fun up on cloud nine
You can hear'em dancin you can feel the bass line
and on cloud eight it's pretty much the same
they just have to clean up after they take the blame.
On cloud seven everybody is feeling good
but the grass is still greener in another neighborhood
six is nine, if they could all just find a fix
and up on five, everybody is turnin' tricks
Peace Of Mind
Baby it's all mine, whatever I'm doin, I'm doin fine
A Peace Of My Mind
Is always, livin' it up on Cloud Nine
...and boy they drink a lot of wine.
Cloud four is packed tight with a lot of guilt
On three they're tearin down everything they built
On two they're all mad cause they ain't on one
On One they want to be on 2, because they think that it must be twice as fun
Every floor of the brownstone, and every house on every block
has a door that swings wide open, all you have to do is knock
it has everything that you are lookin for, it keeps all of that shit in stock.
Peace Of Mind
Baby it's all mine, whatever I'm doin, I'm doin fine
A Peace Of My Mind
Is always, livin' it up on Cloud Nine
....when the elevator is on time.
I don't want to stand here and speak for God don't really know if he wants me to.
So maybe I'm just speaking for myself just a sinner with a different view
but if idle hands are the devil's workshop, idle feet are his dance floor
so dance an exorcism like you've never danced before.
an idle mind is his factory, idle thoughts are the smokestack
and my spirit is my firewall, that the devil really wants to hack,
but it ain't him that I go to for some peace of mind, and that's exactly what I bring back Jack.
Peace Of Mind
Baby it's all mine, whatever I'm doin, I'm doin fine
A Peace Of My Mind
Is always, livin' it up on Cloud Nine
...but the ground floor is all mine.