Lyrics to Gates Of Eden

Lyrics to Gates Of Eden as recorded by Bryan Ferry

Of war and peace the truth just twists
Its curfew gull it glides
Upon four-legged forest clouds
The cowboy angel rides
With his candle lit into the sun
Though its glow is waxed in black
All except when 'neath the trees of Eden

The savage soldier sticks his head in sand
And then complains
Unto the shoeless hunter who's gone deaf
But still remains
Upon the beach where hound dogs bay
At ships with tattooed sails
Heading for the Gates of Eden

With a time-rusted compass blade
Aladdin and his lamp
Sits with Utopian hermit monks
Side saddle on the Golden Calf
And on their promises of paradise
You will not hear a laugh
All except inside the Gates of Eden

Relationships of ownership
They whisper in the wings
To those condemned accordingly
And wait for succeeding kings
And I try to harmonize with songs
The lonesome sparrow sings
There are no kings inside the Gates of Eden

The motorcycle black madonna
A two-wheeled gypsy queen
And her silver-studded phantom cause
The gray flannel dwarf to scream
As he weeps to wicked birds of prey
Who pick up on his bread crumb sins
And there are no sins inside the Gates of Eden

At dawn my lover comes to me
And tells me of her dreams
With no attempts to shovel the glimpse
Into the ditch of what each one means
At times I think there are no words
But these to tell what's true
And there are no truths outside the Gates of Eden

Gates Of Eden

Album Track

Bryan Ferry has recorded a version of the Bob Dylan song Gates Of Eden for his forthcoming album Dylanesque.

The Dylan version was originally recorded for his album 'Bringing It All Back Home' released in 1965. This Dylan album also included 'It's All Over Now Baby Blue' released by Ferry on his album 'Frantic'.

This song has been covered by many artists including: Arlo Guthrie & Steven Keene.

Song Musicians

Gates Of Eden is on the following Roxy Music and Solo Albums