Lyrics of
Into The Great Wide Open

Into the Great Wide Open is a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The song tells the story of Eddie, a boy who moves to Hollywood to try his hand at music after finishing high school. Throughout the song, several themes are touched upon, such as the difficulties of breaking into the music industry, the loss of innocence, and the American dream. The lyrics detail Eddies rise and fall in the music world.

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Eddie waited till 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 nightclub 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.