[Verse 1]

It's a critica

l solution, an

d the east coa

st got the blu

es

It's a mass of

 confusion, li

ke the lies th

ey sell to you

You got a glas

s-jawed tootha

che of a menta

l disease

And they be ru

nning 'round b

ack, see them 

line up on the

ir knees

'Cause the kis

s-ass sycophan

ts, throwing p

enance at your

 feet

When they got 

nowhere to go

Watch them com

e in off the s

treets
              
While they're 


banging out fr

ont

Inside they're

 slamming to t

he crunch

Go on an throw

 me to the lio

ns

And the whole 

damn screaming

 bunch

Cause the piss

ed-off rip-off

s, they're eve

rywhere you tu

rn

Tell me how a 

generation's e

ver supposed t

o learn

[Bridge]

This fire is b

urning, and it

's out of cont

rol

It's not a pro

blem you can s

top It's rock 

n' roll

[Verse 2]

I read it on a

 wall, it went

 straight to m

y head

It said, "Danc

e to the tensi

on of a world 

on edge"

We got racial 

violence, and 

who'll cast th

e first stone?

And sex is use

d any way it c

an be
             
Sometimes, whe

             
n I look out, 

          
it's hard to s

ee the day
             
It's a feeling

            
, you can have

             
 it, it's not 

        
mine to take a

way

[Chorus]

Lost in the Ga

rden of Eden

Said, we're lo

st in the Gard

en of Eden

And there's no

 one's gonna b

elieve this

But we're lost

 in the Garden

 of Eden

[Bridge]

This fire is b

urning, and it

's out of cont

rol

It's not a pro

blem you can s

top It's rock 

n' roll

Suck on that

[Verse 3]

Looking throug

h this point o

f view

There's no way

 I'm gonna fit

 in

No, you tell m

e what my eyes

 see

Don't you tell

 me who to bel

ieve in
             
I ain't supers

              
titious, but I

        
 know when som

ething's wrong
             
I've been drag

              
ging my heels 

              
with a bitch c

   
alled hope
             
Let the underc

             
urrent drag me

 along

[Chorus]

Lost in the Ga

rden of Eden

Said, we're lo

st in the Gard

en of Eden

And there's no

 one's gonna b

elieve this
              
But we're lost

              
 in the Garden

         
 of Eden, come

 on

[Verse 4]

Most organized

 religions mak

e a mockery of

 humanity

Our government

s are dangerou

s and out of c

ontrol

The Garden of 

Eden is just a

nother graveya

rd

Said, if they 

had someone to

 buy it

Said, I'm sure

 they'd sell m

y soul

[Bridge]

This fire is b

urning, and it

's out of cont

rol

It's not a pro

blem you can s

top It's rock 

n' roll

Suck on that

[Chorus]

Lost in the Ga

rden of Eden

Said, we're lo

st in the Gard

en of Eden

(And we ain't 

talkin' about 

no poison appl

e

Or some missin

' rib, ya hear

?)

Said, there's 

no one's gonna

 believe this

Said, we're lo

st in the Gard

en of Eden

[Bridge/Outro]

This fire is b

urning, and it

's out of cont

rol

It's not a pro

blem you can s

top It's rock 

n' roll