eddie waited 'til he finished high school he went to hollywood got a tattoo he met a girl out there with a tattoo too the future was wide open 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 the sky was the limit into the great wide open under them skies of blue out in the great wide open a rebel without a clue 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 the sky was the limit his leather jacket had chains that would jingle they both met movie stars partied and mingled their a&r man said i don't hear a single the future was wide open