(Lari White/Gary Nicholson)    

Spanish moss drippin` from a live oak tree 
Mockin bird sittin` on a cypress knee 
Sweet `ole sycamore blowin` in the breeze 
The slammin` of the screen door 
Ice cold creek and sugar white sand 
Pink azalea bloomin` like to beat the band 
Grandaddy reachin` down to take my hand 
Gonna go to the candy store 

Me & Jesus we was as thick as thieves 
He washed me in the blood and lordy I believed 
And I gave him my heart 
At the altar call 
Back in Eden before the fall 
Eden before the fall 

Coal black curls and a dimple in his chin 
A swagger in his walk and a sideways grin 
Even Elvis himself had nothin` on him 
The boy couldn`t be denied 

His daddy`s in the pulpit shoutin` fury and fire 
We`re sneakin` out the back door behind the choir 
And it couldn`t be wrong `cause it was pure desire 
We were saved and sanctified 

Lyin` on a bed of magnolia leaves 
He said I was an angel lord and I believed 
And I gave him my heart 
Lord I gave it all 
Back in Eden before the fall 
Eden before the fall 

The apple tasted sweeter and the world was clean 
I could make sense out of everything 
Now it`s just a beautiful dream I can`t quite recall 
Just like Eden before the fall 
Eden before the fall