When Two and Two Are Five - The Story

When two and two are five

You’re gonna go to work like any other day

Things might be much different

God might be a vengeful one

Your desk might catch on fire

The church will hold a picnic

And Jesus and Elvis will get in free

When two and two are five

They’ll change the world, make the faithful pay

The trees of the field and maybe the lilies --

They will comfort you

But in the twinkling of an eye

There will be nothing

Two shakes of somebody’s tail -- no still small voice

Meanwhile I’m gonna sleep all day

Get half drunk each night

Be the nothing that is, I’ll be the nothing that will be

I’m gonna sleep all day, get half drunk each night

Be the nothing that is, I’ll be the nothing that will be

And in the darkest corners between conscience and faith

(Lord, get my room ready, nothing is adding up)

We’ll meet the terrible angel

Straddling our pitiful fathers

Meanwhile I’m gonna sleep all day

Get half drunk each night

Be the nothing that is, I’ll be the nothing that will be

I’m gonna sleep all day, get half drunk each night

Be the nothing that is, I’ll be the nothing that will be

(All day, each night)

(All day, each night)

Meanwhile I’m gonna sleep all day

Get half drunk each night

Be the nothing that is, I’ll be the nothing that will be

I’m gonna sleep all day, get half drunk each night

Be the nothing that is, I’ll be the nothing that will be

(All day, each night)

(All day, each night)

All day