Long Road Out of Eden

Written by Don Henley,Chenn Frey&Timothy B.Schmit

Music

Moon shinning down through the palms

Shadows moing on the sand

Dusty rifle in his trembling hands

Somebody tring just to stay alive

He got promsises to keep

Over the ocean in America

Far away and fast asleep

Silent stars blinking in the blackness of an endless sky

Cold silver satellites,ghostly caravans passing by

Galaxies unfolding;new worlds being born

Pilgrims and prodigals creeping towrd the dawn

But it's a long road out of Eden

Music blasting from an SUV

On a bright and sunny day

Rolling down the interstate

In the good ol'USA

Having lunch at the petroleum club

Smokin' fine cigars and swappin' lies

"Gimme 'nother slice o'that barbecued brisket!"

"Gimme 'nothing piece o' that pecan pie!"

Freeways flickering,cell phones chiming a tune

We're riding to Utopia;road map says we'll be arriving soon

Captains of the old order clinging to the reins

Assuring us these aches inside are only crowing pains

But it's a long road out of Eden

Back home I was so certain

The path was very clear

I'm not counting on tomorrow

And I can't tell wrong from right

But I'd give anthing to be there in your arms tonight

Weaving down the American highway

Through the litter and the wrechage and the cultural junk

Bloated with entitlement;loaded on propaganda

And now we're driving dazed and drunk

Been down the road to Damascus,the road to Mandalay

Met the ghost of Caesar on the Appian Way

He said,"It's hard to stop this bingeing,once you get a taste."

"But the road to empire is a bloody,stupid waste."

But all the knowledge in the world is of no use to fools

And it's a long road out of Eden

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