Song Lyrics Guthrie Arlo - Gates of Eden    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> G>> Guthrie Arlo Singer Lyrics [Guthrie Arlo other resources]>> Gates of Eden Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Guthrie Arlo Music Title/Track: Gates of Eden Theme ID: 11600 Album: N/A by Bob Dylan Of war and peace the truth just twists Its curfew gull it glides Upon four-legged forest clouds The cowboy angel rides With his candle lit into the sun Though it's glow is waxed in black All except beneath the trees of Eden The lamp post stands with folded arms It's iron claws attached To curbs 'neath holes where babies wail Through its shadow's metal badge All in all can only fall With a crashing but meaningless blow No sound ever comes from The Gates of Eden The savage soldier sticks his head In the sand and then complains Unto the shoeless hunter who's gone deaf But still remains Upon the beach where hound dogs bay At ships with tattooed sails Heading for The Gates of Eden The time rusted compass blade Aladdin and his lamp Sits with Utopian hermit monks Side saddle on the golden calf And on their promises of paradise You will not hear a hush All except inside The Gates of Eden Relationships of ownership They whisper in the wings To those condemned to act accordingly And wait for succeeding kings And I try to harmonize with songs The lonesome sparrow sings There are no kings inside The Gates of Eden The kingdoms of experience In the precious winds they rot While paupers change possessions Each one wishing for what the other has got And the princess and the prince discuss What's real and what's not It doesn't matter inside The Gates of Eden The foreign sun it squints upon A bed that is never mine As friends and others, strangers From their fates try to resign Leaving men holy and totally free To do anything they wish to do but die And there are no trials inside The Gates of Eden At dawn my lover comes to me And tells me of her dreams With no attempts to shovel the glimpse Into the ditch of what each one means At times I think there are no words But these to tell me what's true There are no truths outside The Gates of Eden Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Im Going Home, If I Could Only Touch Your Life, If You Would Just Drop By, Introduction, Jamaica Farewell, John Looked Down, Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream, Last To Leave, Last Train, Lay Down Little Doggies, Lightning Bar Blues, Living Like A Legend, Lovesick Blues, Major Blues, Manzanillo Bay, Massachusetts, Meditation (Wave Upon Wave), Miss the Mississippi and You, Moon Song, My Creole Belle, My Front Pages, My Love, Mystic Journey, Now and Then, Ocean Crossing, Oh Mom, Oh, In The Morning, Oklahoma Hills, Oklahoma Nights, Patriots Dream, Percys Song, Power of Love, Presidential Rag, Prologue, Ramblin Round, Red River Valley, Ridin Down the Canyon, Running Down The Road, Russian Girls, Sailing Down This Golden River, Satellite, Shackles And Chains, Shenandoah, Slow Boat, Somebody Turned On The Light, Someday, South Coast, Stairs, Standing At The Threshold, Stealin, Other Guthrie Arlo song Lyrics 1913 Massacre Lyrics All over the World Lyrics All This Stuff Takes Time Lyrics Anytime Lyrics Buffalo Gals Lyrics Carry Me Over Lyrics Chilling of the Evening Lyrics City of New Orleans Lyrics Coming Into Los Angeles Lyrics Connection Lyrics Coopers Lament Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Arlo Guthrie Lyrics Armada Groove Lyrics Groove Armada Lyrics Armagedda Lyrics Armageddon Lyrics Armageddon Soundtrack Lyrics Armand Van Helden Lyrics Armando Martinez Lyrics Armando Palomas Lyrics Armatrading Joan Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy