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
(Chorus) 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