(tom petty and jeff lynne)
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
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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
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