Into the great wide open
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1. Eddie waited 'til he finished High School.
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He went to Hollywood, got a tattoo.
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He met a girl out there with a tattoo too.
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The future was wide open.
2. They moved into a place they both could afford.
He found a night club, he could work at the door.
She had a guitar and she taught him some chords.
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The sky was the limit.
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Refr. Into the great wide open.
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Under them skies of blue.
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Out in the great wide open.
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A rebel without a clue.
3. The papers said Ed always played from the heart.
He got an agent and a roadie named Bart.
They made a record and it went in the chart.
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The sky was the limit.
4. His leather jacket had chains that would jingle.
They both met movie stars, partied and mingled.
Their A and R man said: "I don't hear a single".
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The future was wide open.
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Refr. + A rebel without a clue.