The Garden of Eden

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Garden of Eden By Mark Neihart In the sky, over the dark horizon Across the land and over the sea An older land, from a long-ago tale About a girl named Eve who meets a boy in the jungle They tell me the place is perfect, it’s a garden in the sky With food enough to feed the nations, where you never have to die Chorus- And you know it don’t come easy, This thing we call our freedom You better hold on tight, don’t let it slip away The garden of Eden. There came a man, with a penchant for gold Paradise was his to have and hold Lust and Greed, have a way of consumption But the open hand, is quicker than the eye The man told the girl a secret, she was never meant to know And once you have heard that riddle, you never can go home Chorus- And overhead, the father is watching, the boy and gorl fighting in the night And there’s that man, laughing with a vengeance The open door is closed and bolted tight Now the boy and the girl are hungry, they cannot find a home And those with the gold they wonder Why they just can’t leave me alone Chorus-

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