D  C  G D G D Of war and peace the truth just twists, its curfew gull it glides
C  G  D   G  D Upon 4-legged forest clouds the cowboy angel rides
A7 D G C G A With his candle lit into the sun, though its glow is waxed in black
D  F G D  G D All except when 'neath the trees of Eden D  C  G D G D
 

D  C  G D G D The lampost stands with folded arms, its iron claws attached
C  G  D   G  D To curbs 'neath holes where babies wail though it shadows metal badge
A7 D G C G A All in all can only fall with a crashing but meaningless blow
D  F G D  G D No sound ever comes from the gates of Eden
 

D  C  G D G D This savage soldier sticks his head in sand and then complains
C  G  D   G  D Unto the shoeless hunter who's gone deaf but still remains
A7 D G C G A Upon the beach where hounddogs bay at ships with tattooed sails
D  F G D  G D Heading for the gates of Eden

D  C  G D G D With a time-rusted compass blade, Aladdin and his Lamp
C  G  D   G  D Sits with utopian hermit monks, side-saddle on the Golden Calf
A7 D G C G A And on their promises of paradise you will not hear a laugh
D  F G D  G D All except inside the gates of Eden

D  C  G D G D Relationships of ownership they whisper in the wings
C  G  D   G  D To those condemned to act accordingly and wait for succeeding kings
A7 D G C G A And I try to harmonize with songs the lonesome sparrow sings
D  F G D  G D There are no kings inside the gates of Eden

D  C  G D G D The motorcycle black madonna two-wheeled gypsy queen
C  G  D   G  D And her silver studded phantom cause the grey-flanneled dwarf to scream
A7 D G C G A As he weeps to wicked birds of prey who pick up on his breadcrumbs sins
D  F G D  G D And there are no sins inside the gates of Eden

D  C  G D G D The kingdoms of experience in the precious winds they rot
C  G  D   G  D While paupers change possessions each one wishing for what the other has got
A7 D G C G A And the princess and the prince discuss what's real and what is not
D  F G D  G D It doesnt matter inside the gates of Eden

D  C  G D G D The foreign sun it squints upon a bed that is never mine
C  G  D   G  D As friends and other strangers from their fates try to resign
A7 D G C G A Leaving men wholly totally free to do anything they wish to do but die
D  F G D  G D And there are no trials inside the gates of Eden

D  C  G D G D At dawn my lover comes to me and tells me of her dreams
C  G  D   G  D With no attempts to shovel the glimpse into the ditch of what each one means
A7 D G C G A At times I think there are no words but these to tell what's true
D  F G D  G D And there are no truths outside the gates of Eden

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