Ed Takes A Vacation (A Suite)

[Verse 1]
He's just another Joe
Who works too hard
Loves his wife and four kids
Got a house and a yard
He gets a little touchy now
He's on overload
He needs to get away
With a couple weeks' pay
Just to lighten his load

[Chorus]
When Ed takes a vacation
(The world goes 'round)
When Ed takes a vacation
(We're still on track)
When Ed takes a vacation
(We won't shut down)
But we'll feel a whole lot better when Ed gets back

[Verse 2]
He finds it difficult
To leave his work behind
He's wearing his lab coat
To go walking through the pines
He got the Gideon Bible
In the hotel room
He prays, then he reads
'Cause he really believes
He'll be goin' home soon

[Chorus]
When Ed takes a vacation
(The world goes 'round)
When Ed takes a vacation
(We're still on track)
When Ed takes a vacation
(We won't shut down)
But we'll feel a whole lot better when Ed has

[Bridge 1]
(Fun, fun, fun, 'cause summer means fun)
(Fun, fun, fun, 'cause summer means fun)
(Fun, fun, fun, 'cause summer means fun)
(Fun, fun, fun, 'cause summer means fun)
(Fun, fun, fun, 'cause summer means fun)
He's out there havin' fun
(Fun, fun, fun, 'cause summer means fun)
In the warm California sun
(Fun, fun, fun, 'cause summer means fun)
It's a little bit o' heaven when you're out there having fun
(Fun, fun, fun, 'cause summer means fun)
(Fun, fun, fun, 'cause summer means fun)
Ed, he's just an ordinary guy
(Fun, fun, fun, 'cause summer means fun)
People always underrate him
(Fun, fun, fun, 'cause summer means fun)
But they do appreciate him by and by
(Fun, fun, fun, 'cause summer means fun)
Ed loves his mom and apple pie
(Fun, fun, fun, 'cause summer means fun)
He's honest, and he's upright
(Fun, fun, fun, 'cause summer means fun)
But perhaps a little uptight, that is why
(Fun, fun, fun, 'cause summer means fun)

[Bridge 2]
We'll send him on his way
Where the flowers and the palm trees sway all day
With his camera and his flower lei
He'll be thinking 'bout work
'Cause he's a working jerk
And that's all he thinks about all day
(Ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la)
(Ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la)
(Ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la)
(Ooh, hey, hey)

[Verse 3]
It's not that easy to be an everyman
To be good and decent
And do the best you can
But that's our Ed
And this here is his song
So we'll give a big "YO!"
To the hardworking Joes
Who keep this country strong

[Chorus]
'Cause when Ed takes a vacation
(The world goes 'round)
When Ed takes a vacation
(We're still on track)
When Ed takes a vacation
(We won't shut down)
But we'll feel a whole lot better when Ed gets back

[Verse 4]
Now if you think of Ed today
You gotta keep him in your prayers
'Cause the Ed's of this world
They are something rare

[Chorus]
Yeah! When Ed takes a vacation
(The world goes 'round)
When Ed takes a vacation
(We're still on track)
When Ed takes a vacation
(We won't shut down)
But we'll feel a whole lot better when Ed gets back

[Outro]
(Fun, fun, fun, 'cause summer means fun)
(Ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la)
(Ooh, hey, hey)