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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mike Campbell
Lead Guitar
Benmont Tench
Electric Piano
Howie Epstein
Background Vocals
Jeff Lynne
Guitar
Stan Lynch
Drums
Tom Petty
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jeff Lynne
Songwriter
Tom Petty
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jeff Lynne
Producer
Mike Campbell
Co-Producer
Richard Dodd
Engineer
Lyrics
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 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
Into the great wide open
A rebel without a clue
Writer(s): Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne
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