darling part of my life it wasn't very pretty. See, I was born and raised 

in the slums of the city.It was a 1 room shack and slept 10 other children 

beside me.We hardly had enough food or room to sleep. It was hard times. I 

needed some thing 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.Depressed 

and down hearted I took to cloud nine.

I'm doin fine, up here, on cloud nine. Listen 1 more time, I'm doin fine, up 

here, on cloud nine.



  Folks down there tell me, they say give your self a chance son don't let life 

pass you by,but the world of reality is a rat race where only the strongly 

survive.It's a dog-eat-dog world and that ain't no lie. 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 want to 

be,(cloud nine)you ain't got no responsibilities,and every man,every man is 

free (cloud nine) your a million miles from reality, reality I wanna say upper, 

higher,upper, up, up and away.



I wanna say I love the life I live, and I'm gonna live the life I love, up here 

on cloud nine.



I, I, I, I, I, I'm riding high on cloud nine.



Your as free as a bird in flight, (cloud nine)there's

no difference between day and night (cloud nine)It's a world of love and 

harmony, (cloud nine) your a million miles from reality,reality wonna say 

upper,higher,upper, up,up and away. Cloud nine you can be what you wanna 

be,(cloud nine)you ain't got no responsibilities,(cloud nine)every man and his 

mind is free,your a million miles from reality, you can be what you wanna be.

I'm feelin fine on cloud nine.