Once long ago in the way back when God knew the Devil and they played like friends In fact they played every day back then But I guess that homie wasn't raised like him Eve was a lady they used to know Since a little tiny baby in utero Although she was rather unusual They both just thought of her as beautiful But you know those two were the jealous type And I really hate watching them fellas fight I'm not looking to vilify No judgment they were just alike Well God and his family moved uptown Way uptown while the Devil stayed down Down on the pavement, down underground In the places where you don't see God around Now God told Eve he could make her free (free!) Free as anyone could ever be Free as a schoolgirl, tee-hee-hee Till Eve took the apple from the apple tree See the Devil told Eve he could make her free (free!) Free as anyone could ever be Free as a schoolboy, tee-hee-hee Till Eve took the apple from the apple tree Things change, Old Testament to King James Run-Away kids giving names, rings and chains Things change, Old Testament to King James Run-Away kids giving names, rings and chains Well I won't take sides 'cause I know both well Won't tell you all the stories that the old folks tell Little black books in the old motels Long nights on the road when you go through hell Eve was a girl that they thought they knew Romanticized and starry mooned But she really liked to party too Going out for a late-night rendezvous The Lord's not the type to return his calls And Satan gets bored, wants to burn it all It gets so disturbed you hurt And you wish you weren't involved No one wanted to address it But they both got too possessive And neither got arrested They were both too well connected Now God told Eve he could make her free (free!) Free as anyone could ever be Free as a schoolgirl, tee-hee-hee Till Eve took the apple from the apple tree See the Devil told Eve he could make her free (free!) Free as anyone could ever be Free as a schoolboy, tee-hee-hee Till Eve took the apple from the apple tree Things change, Old Testament to King James Run-Away kids giving names, rings and chains Things change, Old Testament to King James Run-Away kids giving names, rings and chains One thought that she was made for him One thought that she was made for sin Back and forth the way it's been Since the age of man One thought that she was made for him One thought that she was made for sin Back and forth the way it's been Since the age of man One thought that she was made for him One thought that she was made for sin Back and forth the way it's been Since the age of man One thought that she was made for him One thought that she was made for sin Back and forth the way it's been Since the age of man A new world is constantly opening before us At an ever-accelerating rate of progress Let's travel into the future What will we see?