Jonathan Larson
In Eden

YVES:
BRIGHT SUN
CLEAR WATER
FRESH AIR FOR MILES AND MILES AND
MILES AND MILES
WE’LL HAVE A SON
WE’LL HAVE A DAUGHTER
NOT A CARE JUST SMILES AND SMILES
AND SMILES AND SMILES
WHAT MORE COULD WE WANT
WHAT MORE COULD WE DESIRE
WHAT MORE COULD WE NEED IN EDEN
IN EDEN

ADAME:
BUNNY RABBITS, DAISIES, SUNSETS AND
BUMBLE BEES
RAINBOW BUTTERFLIES
FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS
PEACE AND QUIET, MACRO DIET
WATERFALLS CHERRY TREES
BLUE SKIES MAKE ME CRY
TEARS AND TEARS AND TEARS AND TEARS
BEAUTY IN EVERY DIRECTION
I COULD DIE FROM ALL THIS
PERFECTION
NOT SO MUCH AS A WEED IN EDEN
IN EDEN
ADAME:
(Spoken)
MAN, ARE WE STUCK HERE IN EDEN?
FOREVER?
THAT'S TERRIBLE!

The GRUNGE ANGELS string the SERPENT up in bungee cords

ANGELS:
NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH
STUCK IN EDEN
YOU’RE STUCK FOREVER

ALL:
NO FAST FOOD
NO BLUE JEANS
NO NBC
AT ALL, AT ALL, AT ALL, AT ALL
NO LIGHT BEER
NO MAGAZINES
NO SHOPPING SPREE
NO MALL, NO MALL, NO MALL, NO MALL

SO TELL ME WHAT WOULD YOU DO
STUCK IN PARADISE FOREVER
SAME OLD SPIT GUARANTEED IN EDEN
IN EDEN
SO IT’S MORNING FOREVER AND EVER
AND EVER AND EVER
IN PARADISE