Shorter Version Somewhere South of Eden
SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF EDEN
f.t.talton/corrina jo music/ascap

suddenly yesterday seems far away
it’s getting hard to remember that place
now there’s a dissonant tone to your voice
and a different look to your face
the hands on the clock seem to knock at your door
with a message you’ve fallen from grace
you say that you’re trying
but, no one is buying and even you know
that’s just not the case
You’ve said Goodbye to all that you thought you could trust
You are wounded and can’t stop the bleeding
Everything that you were has turned into dust
Now you find yourself wasted and broken
you are weak and your eyes will not open
Somewhere south of Eden
If I could I would send you a road map
Your directions are changing so fast
There’s a play and a stage that you stand on
But, you can’t say that you’re part of the cast
The pain of the moment is stronger than knowing
That none of these feelings can last
But you seem to have chosen a world that is frozen
Where the future looks just like the past

You’ve said Goodbye to all that you thought you could trust
You don’t even know what you are needing
Everything that you were has turned into dust
So you walk through the fog in the night somewhere south of Eden
And there’s nothing familiar in sight anywhere south of Eden
you were warm in the heat of the spotlight
You were safe in the rhythm and sound
All the people who paid to come hear you
Were excited you came to their town
But the pull of the planets were writing in granite
And your future was turned upside down
The apple is bitten, your story is written
and the keys to the gate can’t be found
You’ve said Goodbye to all that you thought you could trust
And all of your words are misleading
Everything that you were has turned into dust
Now you walk down the unknown streets somewhere south of Eden
There is no safe place to sleep when you live south of Eden