"Into The Great Wide Open" lyrics

"Into The Great Wide Open"

Eddie waited 'til he finished high school
He went to Hollywood, got a tattoo
He met a girl out there with a tattoo too
The future was wide open

They moved into a place they both could afford
He found a night club he could work at the door
She had a guitar and she taught him some chords
The sky was the limit

Into the great wide open
Under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open
A rebel without a clue

The papers said Ed always played from the heart
He got an agent and a roadie named Bart
They made a record and it went in the charts
The sky was the limit

His leather jacket had chains that would jingle
They both met movie stars, partied and mingled
Their A&R man said, "I don't hear a single"
The future was wide open

Into the great wide open
Under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open
A rebel without a clue

Into the great wide open
Under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open
A rebel without a clue

Into the great wide open
Under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open
A rebel without a clue

Into the great wide open
Under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open
A rebel without a clue


Thanks to Ned R for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne
The line "A rebel without a clue" was borrowed from a song "I'll Be You" by The Replacements from their album "Don't Tell A Soul" (1989). Tom Petty was a fan and even toured with them in 1988.
Tom Petty remarked on the music video for this song, "I really liked the video to that, one of the only times I've ever felt fulfilled by a video. The song was such a narrative that the video was a piece of cake to make. I even had people coming to me wanting to make it into a movie."
Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway and Tom Petty were featured in the video for this track.
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