When two and two are five

You're gonna go to work like any other day

But things might be much different

Your 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

I'll be the nothing that is, I'll be the nothing that will be

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

I'll 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

I'll be the nothing that is, I'll be the nothing that will be

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

I'll be the nothing that is, I'll be the nothing that will be

(All day, each night