It was a Tuesday and Ed's patience had run thin Cos he was fresh out of boxes to hide problems in He told his angels but demons heard as well Cos Ed lived halfway to Heaven and halfway to Hell His ma had preached about immortality About the evils of drinking and the female species And Ed sang Hell yeah ey hey hey Hell yeah ey hey Hell yeah yeah hey Hell yeah yeah hey Outside of school Ed spend his time on the farm He knelt on stones to say his preyers and tended pigs in the barn He was a shy boy who laughed at his own jokes His mannerisms seemed real strange to most other folks Of all the things he read the most time that he spent Was on the divine retribution in the Old Testament And Ed Sang Hell yeah ey hey hey Hell yeah ey hey Hell yeah yeah hey Hell yeah yeah hey It was a Sunday and Ed's worry was his sins He tried but couldn't stop thinking bout touching skin His ma had made her business washing his mind Eventually he made a hobby outta tanning hide He made a lamp he made a seat he made a belt It was a pure and wholesome pastime Or so our young Ed felt And Ed sang Hell yeah ey hey hey Hell yeah ey hey Hell yeah yeah hey Hell yeah yeah hey