Eddie waited till 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 nightclub 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, 
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 charts 
T he 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 

Into the great wide open, 
Under them skies of blue 
Out in the great wide open, 
rebel without a clue 

Into the great wide open, 
Under them skies of blue 
Into the great wide open,
rebel without a clue.