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Mr. Thomas Alva Edison, great inventor
The single man credited for lighting up the world
In the late 18s lies his story arch
Masterminded a think

Edison worked late each night
It went well until the fading light
Little Thomas Alva Edison said
"I'll grow up to be
A great inventor and I'll make a
Lamp

"Dear Mrs. Edison, your child, Thomas, is addled. He is problematic. He is slow. We do not know how to teach him. He constantly falls behind. He needs

Midnight Strikes Too Soon

Ellis Paul

A Carnival of Voices

1996

the blame on thomas alva edison
And 60 million lightbulbs telling new york that
It's noon
Ah, midnight strikes too soon
Midnight strikes too soon

She says,

And lightning struck your aerial

And Thomas Alva Edison is crying from his grave

But he can't save us

There's devils in the line, and demons in the power

Click, the sound when you flick the switch
Turn it on
Now let there be light
Oh Lord

There was a man the name of Thomas Alva Edison
Challenged by

Thomas Edison

Ellis Paul

The Hero in You

2012

Imagine you could ride a thought
Like a train at a station that you've just caught
Now imagine that the head you're in
Belongs to Thomas Alva

To catch their noises in the room
       A phonograph from Thomas Alva Edison      
I have so many needful things       
A spider web of fathoms let manjiras

a reliable source of light in the darkness. The credit for inventing the electric light bulb is often given to Thomas Edison, but the truth is that many

The Edison Museum

They Might Be Giants

No!

2002

the voice of Thomas Alva
Recites a poem on a phonograph
Ghosts float up the stair, like silent moving pictures
The loyal phantoms of his in-house staff

turns night
I got the cop car in my sight
Homie told me, make that left
Split decision, I made that right
Like Thomas Edison, this shit light
I fucked

EDISON:
This war has gotten too bizarre
and has caused too many scars.
Have we forgotten who we are?
And have we now gone too

the deep
Hoping you decease
Thomas Alva waiting
For your expiration
Your final resignation
Thomas Alva waiting

And while I wait I contemplate
All the weeks

On my Edison bitch
Thomas Edison Bitch
This a message to those
Who won't stand for this shit
On our Edison shit
On our Edison shit
Cause the rapture is

Mister Thomas Edison, you're dead
For every Frank Sinatra there's a ballroom blitz
But nothing now will ever, ever end
Mister Thomas Edison, still

(Load the- load the- load the)
Got, drummy mag it don't matter if I am aiming in
(Grrah rrah)
Lead fill yo body
Conducting like Thomas Edison
(Aye, aye,

Swimming in this bitch
I'm goin swammy in this bitch
Thomas Edison, Edison, I invented that drip
Imma give her right back, I had rented that bitch (Ayee)
If

stress and tension I relive 
Smoking my medicine oh I cant breathe
Call me Thomas Edison electrify her sheets

Buddha inner peace is what i want to achieve

The passion of my Christ is in me
And if you say it ain't, you may offend me
Damn that boy good
Bright as Thomas Edison, but Gucci man hood
He stood alone

seeing your potential when you find out your self worth,
Homie this light work no Thomas Edison,
Nah really I'm too nice I'm just like a gentleman,
I

suppose to be
I can be the shoulder you lean on
Tell me why they worried about what we on
Thomas Edison I turn the team on
We gon shine bright put the beam

The Movies

The Statler Brothers

The Best of the Statler Bros. Rides Again, Vol. 2

1980

a picnic Crossin' River Kwai
The movies are great medicine thank you Thomas Edison
For giving us the best years of our lives

Citizen Kane Caine Mutiny

that's tryna kick it
Hit a match, got me coughin', light headed
I'm the littest (yeah)
Lit like Thomas Edison
I count a lot of Benjamin's
I pour a little

a lightbulb moment rise Thomas Edison
Hiding your feelings
Stop being so hesitant
Anger is anger so fuck popping sedatives
Starting like genesis
I am