Intro E A repeat
E A E
Was a child and a newcomer to the ways of the world
E G#m B
Eyes ablaze with the light of high noon
E A E
Just to love and to be loved was all he wanted
E F#m C#m A E
By the light of the lone - ly moon
E A
E A
E A E
They taught him to capture and tame wild pathos
E G#m B
Sold him distractions and made every day seem the same
E A E
Caught the Holy Ghost lurking in his cellar and threw Him out
F#m C#m A E
Leaving just a lone - ly name
E A
E A
E A E
Soon they took everything that he lived for
E G#m B
So he asked them to please take his life too
E A E
They denied him existence but they let him live
F#m C#m A E
In a lone - ly room
E A E
He would suckle at the bosom of Mother Earth
E G#m B
But his experience poisons that thought
E A E
He falls prey somehow to the silence of the deep-space dark
F#m C#m A E
Of this lone - ly blue rock
F#m C#m A E
Of this lone - ly blue rock
E A E
E G# B
E A E
F#m C#m A E
E A
E A
E A E
Now his path is lit only by the light of falling stars
E G#m B
The embers fall to scorch and cut his face
E A E
He wants to believe in his unbelief
F#m C#m A E
In a lone - ly place
E A
E A E
But they buried his conscience near to the grave of God
E G#m B
Sealed his soul up in a tomb of tears
E A E
And they scattered his ashes East of Eden someplace
F#m C#m A E
In a lone - ly breeze
E A E
Was a child and a newcomer to the ways of the world
E G#m B
Eyes ablaze with the light of high noon
E A E
Just to love and to be loved was all he needed
E F#m C#m A E
By the light of the lone - ly moon
E F#m C#m A E
By the light of the lone - ly moon
E A repeat to end
Copyright 1991 Ideola Music ASCAP
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