Standard (EADGBE)

 V1:

MOON SHINING DOWN THROUGH THE PALMS

  SHADOWS MOVING ON THE SAND

  SOMEBODY WHISPERING THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM

  DUSTY RIFLE IN HIS TREMBELING HAND

  SOMEBODY TRYING JUST TO STAY ALIVE

  HE’S GOT PROMISES TO KEEP

  OVER THE OCEAN IN AMERICA

  FAR AWAY AND FAST ASLEEP

Refrain 1

SILENT STARS BLINKING IN THE BLACKNESS OF AN ENDLESS SKY

  COLD SILVER SATELILTES, GHOSTLY CARAVANS PASSING BY

  GALAXIES UNFOLDING, NEW WORLDS BEING BORN

  PILGRIMS AND PRODIGALS CREEPING TOWARD THE DAWN

  BUT IT’S A LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN

V2: MUSIC BLASTING FROM AN SUV,

ON A BRIGHT AND SUNNY DAY

ROLLING DOWN THE INTERSTATE,

IN THE GOOD ‘OL U.S.A.

HAVING LUNCH AT THE PETROLEUM CLUB

SMOKING FINE CIGARS, AND SWAPPING LIES

“GIMME NOTHER SLICE OF THAT BARBEQUE BRISKET”

“GIMME NOTHER PIECE OF THAT PECAN PIE”

Refrain 2

FREEWAYS FLICKERING, CELL PHONE CHIMING A TUNE

WE’RE RIDING TO UTOPIA,

ROAD MAP SAYS THAT WE’LL BE ARRIVING SOON

CAPTAINS OF THE OLD ORDER CLINGING TO THE REINS

ASSURING US THE ACHES INSIDE ARE ONLY GROWING PAINS

BUT IT’S A LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN

Bridge

Refrain 3

BACK HOME I WAS SO CERTAIN,

  THE PATH WAS VERY CLEAR,

  BUT NOW I HAVE TO WONDER,

  WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?

  I’M NOT COUNTING ON TOMMOROW

  AND I CAN’ T TELL WRONG FROM RIGHT

  BUT I’D GIVE ANYTHING TO BE THERE IN YOUR ARMS TONIGHT

V3: WEAVING DOWN THE AMERICAN HIGHWAY

THROUGHT THE LITTER, AND THE WRECKAGE, AND THE CULTURAL JUNK

BLOATED WITH ENTITLEMENT, LOADED ON PROPAGANDA

AND NOW WE’RE DRIVING DAZED AND DRUNK

BEEN DOWN THE ROAD TO DAMACUS, THE ROAD TO MANDALAY

MET THE GHOST OF CAESAR ON THE APPIAN HIGHWAY

HE SAID, “IT’S HARD TO STOP THE BINGEING, ONCE YOU GET A TASTE,

BUT THE ROAD TO EMPIRE IS A BLOODY STUPID WASTE”

Outro

BEHOLD THE BITTEN APPLE, THE POWER OF THE TOOLS

  BUT ALL OF THE KNOWELDGE IN THE WORLD IS OF NO USE TO FOOLS

  AND IT’S A LONG ROAD, OUT OF EDEN