spanish moss drippin´ from a live oak tree
mockin bird sittin´ on a cypress knee
sweet ´ole sycamore blowin´ in the breeze
the slammin´ of the screen door
ice cold creek and sugar white sand
pink azalea bloomin´ like to beat the band
grandaddy reachin´ down to take my hand
gonna go to the candy store

me & jesus we was as thick as thieves
he washed me in the blood and lordy i believed
and i gave him my heart
at the altar call
back in eden before the fall
eden before the fall

coal black curls and a dimple in his chin
a swagger in his walk and a sideways grin
even elvis himself had nothin´ on him
the boy couldn´t be denied

his daddy´s in the pulpit shoutin´ fury and fire
we´re sneakin´ out the back door behind the choir
and it couldn´t be wrong ´cause it was pure desire
we were saved and sanctified

lyin´ on a bed of magnolia leaves
he said i was an angel lord and i believed
and i gave him my heart
lord i gave it all
back in eden before the fall
eden before the fall

the apple tasted sweeter and the world was clean
i could make sense out of everything
now it´s just a beautiful dream i can´t quite recall
just like eden before the fall
eden before the fall