I REMEMBER IT WELL, YET ONLY FOR A SEASON

I DIDNT KNOW WHY, AND I FIGURED NOT A REASON

MY FATHER HAD MADE ME IT WAS BEYOND ME

AND HAD GIVEN ME EVERYTHING TOTALLY FREE

I OFTEN WOULD WALK IN THE COOL OF THE DAY

AND LISTEN TO ALL THAT MY FATHER WOULD SAY

BUT I WAS SO LONELY WITH ALL OF THIS WEALTH

AND MY FATHER JUST KNEW IT WAS BAD FOR MY HEALTH

HE PUT ME TO SLEEP OR AT LEAST GAVE ME REST

AS HE TOOK OUT A RIB FROM A PART OF MY CHEST

HE CALLED IT A WOMAN, I SIGHED WITH RELIEF

SHE STIRRED UP EMOTIONS BEYOND MY BELIEF

SHE HAD A BEAUTY WHICH NONE COULD COMPARE

THESE FEELINGS INSIDE AS I STROKED HER LONG HAIR

HE SAID SHE WAS MINE AND I KNEW IT WAS TRUE

I LOVED THIS FIRST WOMAN WITH FEELINGS BRAND NEW

THE FRUITS OF THE ORCHARD MY FATHER HAD SAID

JUST EAT AND BE HAPPY FOR THIS IS YOUR BREAD

THE TREE IN THE CENTRE HE SAID WITH A SIGH

I FORBID YOU TO EAT OF FOR SURELY YOU'LL DIE

ONE DAY I WAS SLEEPING, MY WIFE WAS AWAKE

I WAS VAGUELY AWARE AS SHE SPOKE TO A SNAKE

HE GAVE HER SOME FRUIT THAT MY FATHER FORBID

SHE OFFERED ME SOME AND AS SHE ATE, I DID

FATHER THEN CALLED AND I FELT SO ASHAMED

THE WOMAN YOU GAVE ME, IT'S HER THAT I BLAMED

ADAM HE SAID I HAD HOPED YOU MIGHT WIN

BUT NOW YOU HAVE FURNISHED THE WORLD WITH YOUR SIN.

STUART PICKERING.