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 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
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


Into the great wide open
Under them skies of blue

Out in the great wide open
A rebel without a clue