East Of Eden West Of Hell (Hard Rock)

Story Behind The Song

bpm 119

Song Description

John Grisham's Novel "The Innocent Man" spells out police injustice and the courts incompetence.....

Song Length 4:02 Genre Rock - Hard Rock, Rock - Indie/Low-Fi
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Irate Subject Lies, Numbness
Similar Artists Foo Fighters, Goo Goo Dolls Language English

Lyrics

EAST OF EDEN and WEST OF HELL
(STEVE DAFOE 2009)
(COPYRIGHTED)


CHORUS:

D(Fast//up 5-7 times) A (Fast//up 5-7 times)
SOMEWHERE EAST OF EDEN AND WEST OF HELL
IN EAST OKLAHOMA, IT'S JUST A LITTLE TOWN
THAT WREAKED HAVOC OF MORE WRONG THAN RIGHT
BAD JUSTICE THAT LET A LOT OF GOOD MEN DOWN
G A
AND WHEN IT WOULD END, NOBOBY COULD TELL
D(Fast//up 5-7 times) A (Fast//up 5-7 times)
IN THIS LITTLE PLACE, FEW PEOPLE TOOK UP THE FIGHT
G A
OH, EAST OF EDEN AND SOMEWHERE NEAR HELL..
SOMEWHERE NEAR HELL..........

VERSE 1:

A Bm BARE 2nd FRET + AM)
MANY INNOCENT LIVES WOULD SOON BE LOST
TO FIND A KILLER NO MATTER WHAT THE COST
TO THE COPS, RON WILLIAMSON WAS THEIR MAN
G A
FOR THE SAVAGE MURDER OF ONE DEBBIE CARTER
AND THOUGH THERE WAS NO SHRED OF EVIDENCE
THEY CREATED IT TO EXTRACT SOME VENGEANCE...

VERSE 2:

A Bm BARE 2nd FRET + AM)
FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS HE LIVED ON DEATH'S ROW
HIS DAD, MOM AND SISTERS HIS LIFE SEEMED SO LONG AGO
FEW BELIEVED IN HIM...COPS KNEW THE TRUTH ALL ALONG
G A
BUT THE SYSTEM KNEW IT HAD TO MAKE RIGHT WHAT WAS WRONG
AND IT DID JUST THAT ONE DAY TO FREE AN INNOCENT MAN
BUT IT WOULD BE A VERY BITTERSWEET TIME FOR WILLIAMSON



VERSE 3:

A Bm BARE 2nd FRET + AM)
WILLIAMSON WAS NOT THE POLICE'S ONLY CROOKED DESIRE
THERE WAS DENNIS FRITZ THAT ALSO HAD THEIR EYRE
ANOTHER INNOCENT MAN FRAMED FOR THE SAME CRIME
G A
THOUGH BOTH WOULD SURVIVE, THE TOLL WAS EXTREME
WILLIAMSON WAS TERMINAL....THERE'D BE NO BIG DREAMS
HE WOULD ALWAYS BE A PRISONER AND DEATH WOULD BE SOON

VERSE 4:

A Bm BARE 2nd FRET + AM)
BESIDES THE CRIME AGAINST ONE DEBBIE CARTER
THE COPS, THE JUDGE WORE THEIR SUIT OF ARMOUR
THEY PAID OUT A FEW DOLLARS ALL COVERED IN BLOOD
G A
POWER CORRUPTS, ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY
THEY AVOIDED CHARGES , PRISON AMONGST ALL THE MAYHEM
'CAUSE THEY WERE LAWMAN WAY ABOVE ANY GREAT LAW

Lyrics Steve Dafoe Music Steve Dafoe
Publisher Steve Dafoe Performance TR

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