[00:00.00]Gates of Eden - Bryan Ferry [00:16.72]Of war and peace the truth just twists [00:20.56]It's curfew gull just glides [00:26.26]Upon four legged forest clouds [00:30.11]The cowboy angel rides [00:35.25]With his candle lit into the sun [00:39.09]Though it's glow is waxed in black [00:45.32]All except when 'neath the trees of Eden [00:52.43]The savage soldiers sticks his head in sand [00:57.10]And then complains [01:01.65]Unto the shoeless hunter who's gone deaf [01:06.57]But still remains [01:11.02]Upon the beach where hound dogs bay [01:14.67]At ships with tatooed sails [01:20.59]Heading for the Gates of Eden [01:27.62]With a time rusted compass blade [01:31.44]Alladin and his lamp [01:37.23]Sits with Utopian hermit monks [01:40.69]Side saddle on the Golden Calf [01:46.19]And on their promises of paradise [01:50.09]You will not hear a laugh [01:56.16]All except inside the Gates of Eden [02:39.45]Relationships of ownership [02:42.97]They whisper in the wings [02:48.87]To those condemned to act accordingly [02:52.52]And wait for succeeding kings [02:57.82]And I will try to harmonize with songs [03:02.03]The lonesome sparrow sings [03:07.60]There are no kings inside the Gates of Eden [03:15.04]The motorcycle black madonna [03:19.03]Two wheeled gypsy queen [03:24.09]And her silver studded phantom 'cause [03:28.17]The gray flannel dwarf to scream [03:33.44]As he weeps to wicked birds of prey [03:37.38]Who pick up on his bread crumb sins [03:42.88]And there are no sins inside the Gates of Eden [03:50.56]At dawn my lower comes to me [03:54.44]And tells me of her dreams [03:59.81]With no attempts to shovel the glimpse [04:03.82]Into the ditch of what each one means [04:09.63]At times I think there are no words [04:12.98]But these to tell what's true [04:18.63]And there are no truths outside [04:22.01]The Gates of Eden