Long Road Out of Eden Lyrics

Lyric discussion by coderego 

Cover art for Long Road Out of Eden lyrics by Eagles

Okay, this song has nothing to do with eden...please read a book! Eden was supposedly placed in the fertal crescent between the tigris and the euprhatis rivers....IRAQ! This song is a protest song to the war of Iraq.

The 23rd psalm excerpt: "He maketh me to lie down in green [1] pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake".

This psalm is intrinsically related to funerals. I think the rest of the song is pretty literal and needs to explanation other than just READ IT! Listen!

Long road out of eden ~ Long road out of IRAQ. Its about pulling the troops out.

The song ends with a march cadence on the drums...repeating and repeating....

Powerful song, wonderful song.

I agree that the song is about the war in Iraq. My husband and I saw the Eagles in concert in Birmingham, England, on July 8th, 2009, and the whole time they were singing this song, they had a film of soldiers, bombs, etc., war scenes, playing on the screen behind them.