We were raised in Eden Alley
Where the music plays all night long
And children make love in the shadows
While the elders pray for kingdom come
And the whiskey bottles
They shine like diamonds
Every little swallow goes down like gold
And the smell of garbage and sweet salvation
Hovers like a blanket on the night so cold
We were raised in Eden Alley
Where the music plays all night long
And children make love in the shadows
While the elders pray for kingdom come
Oh the light that flickers like a buzzing halo
'Round the head of a serpent, that's just a neon sign
And the Salvation Army is the life of the party
As they bob for apples in a tub of wine
We were raised in Eden Alley
Where the music plays all night long
And children make love in the shadows
While the elders pray for kingdom come