Perfect Sense, Part I Lyrics

Lyric discussion by MaroonedHopes 

Cover art for Perfect Sense, Part I lyrics by Roger Waters

Except "Turned his back on the garden And set out for the nearest town" must mean the time when Man went left the Garden of Eden. This is further witnessed by the fact that the end of the song is about the military and economic leaders ("joint chiefs of staff and the brokers on wall street") patronizingly sending some poor kid to his death ("in search of the Garden of Eden").