In the time of the Edison girls
I was listening to every word
There was something happening
Dressed in clothes that my family wore
Left the world by which they all swore
But stop before you say you will
Cause we know that you never will
It's just a lie
And there's a tightrope running through the living room
And there's a sidewalk made of gas
And there's a light bulb broken at the bottom of the swimming pool
And there's a reason why I'm gone
You can leave my name out of your book
With the doctors, forefathers and crooks who invented history
Who'll invent the time machine?
But for now I'm just hanging around
Dream my dreams in cylindrical sound
But stop before you say you will
Cause we know that you never will
It's just a line
And there's a tightrope running through the living room
And there's a restaurant on fire
You're like a cyclone blowing through everyone you knew
And there's a reason for it now.