Bob Dylan - Gates Of Eden Lyrics
Of war and peace the truth just twistsIts curfew gull just glidesUpon four-legged forest cloudsThe cowboy angel ridesWith his candle lit into the sunThough its glow is waxed in blackAll except when neath the trees of edenThe lamppost stands with folded armsIts iron claws attachedTo curbs neath holes where babies wailThough it shadows metal badgeAll and all can only fallWith a crashing but meaningless blowNo sound ever comes from the gates of edenThe savage soldier sticks his head in sandAnd then complainsUnto the shoeless hunter whos gone deafBut still remainsUpon the beach where hound dogs bayAt ships with tattooed sailsHeading for the gates of edenWith a time-rusted compass bladeAladdin and his lampSits with utopian hermit monksSide saddle on the golden calfAnd on their promises of paradiseYou will not hear a laughAll except inside the gates of edenRelationships of ownershipThey whisper in the wingsTo those condemned to act accordinglyAnd wait for succeeding kingsAnd I try to harmonize with songsThe lonesome sparrow singsThere are no kings inside the gates of edenThe motorcycle black madonnaTwo-wheeled gypsy queenAnd her silver-studded phantom causeThe gray flannel dwarf to screamAs he weeps to wicked birds of preyWho pick up on his bread crumb sinsAnd there are no sins inside the gates of edenThe kingdoms of experienceIn the precious wind they rotWhile paupers change possessionsEach one wishing for what the other has gotAnd the princess and the princeDiscuss whats real and what is notIt doesnt matter inside the gates of edenThe foreign sun, it squints uponA bed that is never mineAs friends and other strangersFrom their fates try to resignLeaving men wholly, totally freeTo do anything they wish to do but dieAnd there are no trials inside the gates of edenAt dawn my lover comes to meAnd tells me of her dreamsWith no attempts to shovel the glimpseInto the ditch of what each one meansAt times I think there are no wordsBut these to tell whats trueAnd there are no truths outside the gates of eden
