Chasing Eden

They say Eden was a great place

But that serpent had a sweet face

When people gained the knowledge

Eden died

But they saw Eden rising

In that fertile crescent lining

And off we marched to

make the story right

'Round the Tigris and Euphrates

Headlines fly and we're still waiting

For the good news that salvation rises here

'Round the Tigris and Euphrates

I just wonder, is there really

That old Eden dreamed before my knowlege came

Seeing that Eden would I lose it?

Would my actions take me to it?

Would I chase it past the sunset

through the night?

Would it pull on how I feel

'til that Eden seemed so real?

Would I fill my home with

hope that it came true?

Would the angels rising there

need a flag to pay the fare

to reach the heaven for

the ones I love?

Would the money and the power

take the feeling of the hour,

sing drive-by prayers pretending

sweet support?

'Round the Tigris and Euphrates

Headlines fly and we're still waiting

For the good news that salvation rises here

'Round the Tigris and Euphrates

I just wonder, is there really

That old Eden dreamed before my knowlege came

'Round the Tigris and Euphrates

Anthems part the lips of babies

Singing sins the parents can't conceive

'Round the Tigris and Euphrates

Hardware acts as judge and jury

Making law the factory never sees

'Round the Tigris and Euphrates

Symbols fill the crooks and cranies

That mark turf from Chicago to Coeur d'Alene

'Round the Tigris and Euphrates

We all love our heroes' faces

But who believes that Eden they'll retrieve?

Will that ancient garden sprout?

Or is starlight somewhere else?

I saw it 'round those stripes

the other day

Chasing Eden

But it ran away