Edison's Medicine

You're guilty of crime in the first degree

Second and third as well

My jury finds you'll be serving your time

When you go straight to hell'

Cause he was

Lord of the lightning though socially frightening

But never out to sell

Their nickels and pence meant more than did sense

And not the sensible thing

Nor did the man outta time, man outta time

Thought you was crazy, you was one of a kind

Man outta time, man outta time

All along, world was wrong, you was right

All that he saw, all he conceived

They just could not believe

Steinmetz and twain were friends that remained

Along with number three

He was electromagnetic, completely kinetic

New Wizard of the

WestBut they swindled and whined that he wasn't our kind

And said Edison knew best

He was the man outta time, man outta time

Thought you was crazy, you was one of a kind

Man outta time, man outta time

So you'd say your mind

You took a shot and it did you in

Edison's medicine

You played your cards but you couldn't win

Edison's medicine

I spent twelve years of hard time, more like the best years of my life

Never heard or read a single word about the man and his wicked mind

They'll sell you on

Marconi, familiar but a phony

Story goes they sold their souls, swore that you'd never know

About the man outta time, man outta time

Thought you was crazy, you was one of a kind

Man outta time, man outta time

Swore you'd say your mind

You took a shot and it did you in

Edison's medicine

You played your cards but you couldn't win

Edison's medicine

You took a shot and it did you in

Edison's medicine

You played your cards but you couldn't win

Edison's medicine