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)