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
Ed 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 so blue
Out in this 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 charts
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 so blue
Out in this great wide open
A rebel without a clue

Into the great wide open
Under them skies of blue
Out in this great wide open
A rebel with a clue
A clue