East of Eden, West of Memphis

(Alan Morse & John Boegehold)

Once a lost soul raced his shadow

Down a dark road out of town

Tried to leave himself behind him

EAST OF EDEN WEST OF MEMPHIS

Like a dagger through the heartland

Over gravel dust and glass

Storm-dark clouds and neon halos

EAST OF EDEN WEST OF MEMPHIS

This is how the story goes

Took a miracle to make him go

Stopped at midnight miles from nowhere

Got out dropped down on his knees

In the dirt he wrote her name out

EAST OF EDEN WEST OF MEMPHIS

Home was just a broken promise

No good reason to turn back

AM stations drift to static

EAST OF EDEN WEST OF MEMPHIS

The greatest story never told

Took a miracle to make him go

In a house there hangs a picture on the wall

Of them in better days before the bitter fall

Before a quiet man slipped out into the night

A disillusioned man walked out without a fight

SIHPMEM FO TSEW NEDE FO TSAE