A Man Named Adam

Story Behind The Song

paradise lost? what could have been that tempting?

Song Description

a simple tongue in cheek look at Adam, the first man and the first man to have the blues. How could something be so tempting that he gave up paradise? Is knowledge of good and evil so necessary? When you live in paradise how can anything tempt you to blow it all? Did Adam really live 930 years? The whole story of Adam and Eve begs many questions.

Song Length 3:12 Genre Folk - Alternative, Jazz - Religious
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Composed, Cool Subject Philosophy, Spirituality
Similar Artists Madeleine Peyroux, Bob Dylan Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics


There once was a man named Adam
He had the blues he was the first to have 'em
What happened to him doesn't happen every day
We don't know much about his lifestyle
But we know he lived for a long while
Nine hundred and thirty years, that's what the good book says
He must have had a real good diet
Maybe you and I ahould try it
Eatin' raw fruit and nuts and hangin' out naked all day
Beware of serpents and snakes
Stay away from the tree of knowledge of good and evil if that's what it takes
We had it all
There wasn't nothin' we couldn't live without
Before the Fall
Spring Summer Winter just hangin' out
How could he sacrifice all that bliss?
What could be so very tempting as to give it all up for this?

Just beware of apples serpents or snakes
Stay away from the tree of knowledge of good and evil if that's what it takes
How could he sacrifice all that bliss?
What could be so tempting as to give it all up for this?
There once was a man named Adam
He had the bkues he was the first to have 'em

Lyrics Jim Stephens Music Jim Stephens
Producer Jim Stephens Performance Jim Stephens

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