When Two and Two Are Five by The Story Lyrics

[Verse 1]
When two and two are five
Gonna go to work like any other day
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus]
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
[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Post-Chorus]
All day, each night
All day, each night

[Chorus]
Meanwhile I'm gonna sleep all day (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 (All day)
Get half drunk each night
Be the nothing that is
I'll be the nothing that will be
[Post-Chorus]
All day, each night
All day, each night
All day