Eve In Eden

Would you believe

I got to go with Eve

She's the prime rib of all time

Put her profile on the dime

Here she was in the garden,

No need to beg anybody's pardon

frolicking at will

over dale and hill

No need for knowledge.

Forget about college

No shoes for toes

No need for clothes

No need for pain.

No need for gain

Gotta hunk for a mate.

No need for a date

Dude named Adam.

Maybe ya heard of him.

He was a buddy of God.

Who gave him the nod

They were on a first name basis.

Chilling in the oasis

Then a rib and a hundred pounds of clay

and dissatisfaction was on its way.

Suddenly there was a word called "more".

Eve wanted more and so did her buddy the serpent.

Eve wanted wisdom.

She wanted knowledge.

She wanted when there was no such thing as want.

She was a wanton.

She trusted everybody and everything except for God.

The serpent?

No problem.

He was a wantin' too so they got along.

Still no right, still no wrong

There was only one thing she couldn't have.

There was only one thing she wanted.

She convinced Adam that wanting was good and wisdom was better.

Wisdom would provide an endless supply of wants.

The supply of wants stretched on  and on and on.

Something new to want every second of every day

Even though seconds and days and months and years

Were as far away as worries, doubts and fears.

As far away as blood, sweat and tears

As far away as makeup, body image and mirrors.

Nowadays Adam would have just had a couple of beers

He didn't have to worry about shit from his peers

Pressure hadn't been invented yet

Until the apple, she asked him to get

When he did, he disobeyed

The sunshine gave way to shade

His old pal God was quite dismayed

His wrath at his creations was displayed

Pain was all around felt within

Which now we call original sin.

Thanks Eve for the Babels that we built

Where would be as children if not for guilt?