Just This Side of Eden

Sing Along!

I've got an old friend
that blows down the road
into your childhood room

Where other ghosts play
behind battered doorways
and under quilted beds

Half eaten chocolate pirates
and golden coins abound
We laugh as children used to at
ill gotten booty found

Summer sunset yesterday
Cool breeze took some pain away
On this side of Eden
just this side of Eden

She waits for you
Inside dusty rooms
downstairs by the velvet bar
Where women had their broken hands held out
to passing faded stars

We heard you sing your vows
and other stranded lies
As your careless fingers
Crawled on wedded thighs

Another deal fell thru
from too many wanting you
just this side of Eden
just this side of Eden

Yeah, she took her life in vain
I thought I'd help her be forever free
Now I'm trapped here hearing her cry
"He gave her what he couldn't give to me."

Now she wanders like a cat throughout the years
My boards her only comfort rot with all her tears

This house won't go as quietly
No matter how long you've abandoned me
Just this side of Eden