《Ed(LP版)》歌词

[00:00:00] Ed was at the end of his rope an expression he detested

[00:00:16] There is no rope he would scream at the laughing walls

[00:00:23] There is only the end no hope no rope

[00:00:25] Ending is better than mending

[00:00:26] Doors of perception windows of opportunity

[00:00:28] These are illusions like the killing floor

[00:00:31] Ed spoke in a squeaky whiny voice

[00:00:34] With perhaps a slight tinge of glee

[00:00:36] But this was only because he couldn't be bothered

[00:00:38] To try to develop a manner of speaking

[00:00:40] That truly reflected his mood

[00:00:42] This is a vaccum there is no air in this room

[00:00:46] Despair is no fun anymore

[00:00:49] Nihilism knocked three times on the ceiling

[00:00:55] But the rosy fingers of dawn always inserted themselves

[00:00:57] In the nose of unfulfilled promises

[00:00:58] Angels sang Heysanna Hosanna

[00:00:59] Paralyzed prima donnas danced in the streets all day

[00:01:01] But when the darkness came everybody went home

[00:01:04] I was ready everyone else was asleep

[00:01:05] And while it might have been a relief to see

[00:01:08] That I was right all along

[00:01:08] Here I am still alone and trapped

[00:01:09] Awaiting the endless end

[00:01:10] And I can turn it all around

[00:01:11] And laugh at it and laugh at myself

[00:01:12] I can laugh louder than the walls the halls the waterfalls

[00:01:14] Louder than Charles De Gaul or Fulton Mall

[00:01:23] But I don't know what I'm laughing at

[00:01:24] I don't know just what I think is so godd**n funny

[00:01:28] I don't know why I don't just shut up

[00:01:30] And give up and lay down and die

[00:01:32] What do I have to complain about anyway

[00:01:36] Ed asked his Pica*so I'm a millionaire

[00:01:37] This wasn't actually true

[00:01:38] Ed's Pica*so was an obvious forgery

[00:01:41] His three Rothkos had just been singled out

[00:01:44] In an article in 'Art forum' entitled

[00:01:45] 'The Three Most Insignificant Paintings of Mark Rothko'

[00:01:48] And his Barbara Krugers had been irreparably damaged

[00:01:51] By Rein Sanction and a few other bands from Gainesville

[00:01:52] That refused to acknowledge the value of art

[00:01:54] Come to think of it Ed mused

[00:01:54] To the laminated roadkill coffee table that he had purchased

[00:02:51] When times had seemed slightly less bleak

[00:03:01] Come to think of it not only does art have no intrinsic value

[00:03:04] But my collection has no extrinsic value either

[00:03:06] I know I'm not a millionaire

[00:03:07] But that's no reason to complain

[00:03:14] There is no reason to complain

[00:03:18] There is no reason to do anything

[00:03:27] I don't believe in reason objective reality or collective farming

[00:03:38] I don't believe in public speaking

[00:03:40] Which is another reason why I'm here alone

[00:03:42] I don't believe in life or death

[00:03:59] I would kill myself but I don't believe in suicide

[00:04:00] Ed put on a red shirt and took a quick walk around the block

[00:04:09] While whistling softly to himself

[00:04:10] He reentered his apartment screaming

[00:04:18] There is no life on this planet

[00:04:20] Jehovah One replaced all life with machinery five centuries ago

[00:04:24] The so called Industrial Revolution

[00:04:27] Was just another hoax and we all fell for it

[00:04:30] 'Cause we were all programmed to even I fell for it

[00:04:33] I believe in the steam engine

[00:04:34] Even though I don't believe in anything

[00:04:36] Logical inconsistency is the Mr Bubble I bathe in

[00:04:39] Each and every evening except for yesterday evening

[00:04:45] When I roller bladed over to the Masonic Temple

[00:04:48] To play pinochle with Pope John Paul the First

[00:04:50] I really had no choice in the matter

[00:04:50] Ed certainly could go on and on

[00:04:52] And he did and he would and he will

[00:04:53] Until you or I or somebody does something about it

[00:04:56] Senator Sterno of Louisiana

[00:04:56] Announced over closed circuit television

[00:05:00] And as long as he continues to pontificate pointlessly

[00:05:03] I will do nothing

[00:05:04] Ed walked away from the program feeling fortified and stapled

[00:05:07] His brain was buzzing the way it always did just after 'Jeopardy'

[00:05:11] He loaded up the micro bus with atlases and poseidons

[00:05:14] And headed for Pope County

[00:05:15] I've had it he sang I've had it with puns alliteration

[00:05:18] Russian literature Italian neorealism

[00:05:20] Meaningless cross references and laundry lists of nonsense

[00:05:25] I shall drive without a license without clothing without direction

[00:05:26] And if I make it to Arkansas fine

[00:05:28] And if I'm running late if I'm running a numbers game

[00:05:31] It doesn't matter I shall keep on running

[00:05:33] Yes this is the answer this is the ending I shall keep on running

[00:05:35] Because a body in motion tends to stay emotional

[00:05:38] And it's better to feel pain is better than emptiness

[00:05:41] Emptiness is better than nothing and nothing is better than this