Georg Kreisler - Good Old Ed lyrics

As we go through life's difficult troubles Always carry one for to long Every trouble you have always doubles Unless you have a friend Who is true to the end And will turn all your pain into song Though I' ve made a millon friendships still I only have one friend – Good old Ed Though I' m lousy with dependence its on him that I depend – Good old Ed We would have a double date and my girl was always late So I took his girl while Ed agreed to wait And I liked his girl much better, so I married her instead – Good old Ed When we worked at the same banking house, I never will forget – Good old Ed And the dough I made was not enough for horses or roulette – Good old Ed Our accounts were out of wag and the bank got on our track And they came to us and said: "We want it back And the one who stole it goes to jail", they grimly said – Good old Ed But the best thing about Ed was that he never lost his style – Good old Ed He came home one day and found me with his wife and gave a smile – Good old Ed With a rather bashful grin he said: "Sorry I dropped in But I didn't know that you were having sin" And the whole night long he sat out in the living room and read – Good old Ed Good old Ed is not among us anymore, it's sad to say – Good old Ed And it's quite characteristic how he finally pa**ed away – Good old Ed We were hunting having fun and the day was nearly done When I started having trouble with my gun "I don't think that gun is loaded, look inside the barrel!", I said – Good old Ed I hope you' re happy – Good old Ed