Into The Great Wide Open

The day fell down, the air got cold
I walked out in the street
Daydreamed for a mil e or two
Staring at my feet
Like a workin' boy, out of luck
Fallin' through the cracks
Night rolled in, i turned back home
A hard wind at my back

I'm out in the cold (out in the cold)
Body and soul (out in the cold)
Th ere's nowhere to go (out in the cold)
I'm out in the cold (out in the cold)

Well i woke up
My brain was stunned
I could come around
I reached out to grab my keys
Tumbled to the ground
I thought of you
Starry eyed
I wondered where we stand
Did i just fall from your arms
Down into your hands

I'm out in the cold (out in the cold)
Body and soul (out in the cold)
There's nowhere to go (out in the cold)
I'm out in the cold (out in the cold)

I'm out
Standin' in a doorway

I'm out
Walkin' around
Hands in my pockets

I'm out in the cold (out in the cold)
Body and soul (out in the cold)
There's nowhere to go (out in the cold)
I'm out in the cold (o ut in the cold)

Trouble blew in on a cold dark wind
It came without no warnin'
And that big ol' house went up for sale
They were on the road by morning

The days went slow into the changing season
Out in the col d for all the wrong reasons

Well she grew up hard, and she grew up fast
In the age of television
And she made a vow to have it all
It became her new religion

Down in her soul, it was an act of treason
Down they go, for al l the wrong reasons

Where the sky begins the horizon ends
Despite the best intentions
And a big old man goes up for sale
He becomes his own invention

The days go slow, into the changing season
Bought and sold for all the wrong reasons
Down they go for all the wrong reasons

Your daddy was a sgt. major
You didn't wanna, but he made you
Wipe his brass from time to time
It left a picture in your mind
You know? you know?

You want it all, you want it all,
All or nothin'

Here am i a fallen arrow
My load is wide, my street is narrow
My skin is thicker, my heart is tougher
I don't mind workin', but i'm scared to suffer
You know? you know?

You want it all, you want it all,
All or nothin'

Sweet chariots of l.a. swing low
At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow
So keep one eye on the weather
You had it good, you wanted better
You know? you know?

You want it all, you want it all,
All or nothin'

eddie waited till he finished high school
He went to hollywood, got a tattoo
He met a girl out there with a tattoo too
The future was wide open

They moved into a place they both could afford
He found a nightclub he could work at the door
She had a guitar and she taught him some chords
The sky was the limit

Into the great wide open,
Under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open,
A rebel without a clue

The papers said ed always played from the heart
He got an agent and a roadie named bart
They made a record and it went in the charts
T he sky was the limit

His leather jacket had chains that would jingle
They both met movie stars, partied and mingled
Their a&r man said "i don't hear a single"
The future was wide open

Into the great wide open,
Under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open,
A rebel without a clue

Into the great wide open,
Under them skies of blue
Into the great wide open,
A rebel without a clue

Two gunslingers, walked out in the street
And one said "i don't wanna fight no more"
And the other gunslinger thought about it
And he said, "yeah what are we fighting for?"

I'm t akin' control of my life,
I'm takin' control of my life
I'm takin' control of my life now,
Right now, oh yeah

Well the crowd that assembled
For the gun fight were let down
Everyone hissed and booed
And a stranger told h is mrs.
That's the last one of these gunfights
You're ever gonna drag me to

I'm takin' control of my life,
I'm takin' control of my life
I'm takin' control of my life now,
Right now, oh yeah

Well the two gunslinge rs
Went ridin' out of town and
Were never heard from no more
And there ain't been a gun fight
For a long time, maybe never
But nobody knows for sure

I'm takin' control of my life,
I'm takin' control of my life
I'm t akin' control of my life now,
Right now, oh yeah

When i was a young boy
I was workin' for the state
I wasn't makin' much money
I was stayin' out late
Go down at nighttime and
Play music in the bars
Take my breaks out underneath the stars

I was makin' some noise
I was a workin' boy up at the top of my voice
Sayin' "look at me mama i'm makin' some noise"

I had to rock the boat, i had to shake the tree
To see what'd fall down on me
I thought "maybe i can make it if i never give in
I been down before, i ain't goin' down again"

I'm makin' some noise
I been a worried boy up at the top of my voice
Sayin' "look at me mama i'm makin' some noise"

From across the canyon a guitar plays
Through an amplifier on a long delay
It was an ol d melody i recognized the song
I had an amplifier too, so i played along

I'm makin' some noise, i'm still a working boy
Up at the top of my voice
Sayin' "look at me mama i'm makin' some noise"

I'm makin' some noise, i been a long gone boy