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.

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

Yes, we will.

He finds it difficult to leave his work behind,
He's wearing his lab coat to go walking through the pines,
He's got the Gideon bible in the hotel room,
He prays, then he reads it, 'cause he really believes he'll be going home soon.

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. . .

Fun, fun, fun, summer means fun,
Fun, fun, fun, summer means fun,
Fun, fun, fun, summer means fun,
Fun, fun, fun, summer means fun,
He's out there having fun in the warm California sun, (Fun, fun, fun, summer means fun, Fun, fun, fun, summer means fun)
It's a little bit of heaven when you're out there having fun, (Fun, fun, fun, summer means fun, Fun, fun, fun, summer means fun)
Ed is just an ordinary guy, (Fun, fun, fun, summer means fun, Fun, fun, fun, summer means fun)
People always underrate him, but they do appreciate him by and by, (Fun, fun, fun, summer means fun, Fun, fun, fun, summer means fun)
Ed loves his mom and apple pie, (Fun, fun, fun, summer means fun)
He's honest and he's upright, but perhaps a little uptight, (Fun, fun, fun, summer means fun, Fun, fun, fun, summer means fun)
That is why... (Fun, fun, fun, summer means fun)

We'll send him on his way,
Where the flowers and the palm trees sway all day,
With his camera and his flowered 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, la, ooh, la, la, la,
Ooh, la, la, la, ooh, la, la, la,
Ooh, la, la, la, ooh, la, la, la,
Ooh, la, la, la, ooh, la, la, la,
Ooh, la, la, la, ooh, la, la, la,
Ooh, la, la, la, ooh, la, la, la,
Ooh, olay.

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 hard working Joes who keep this country strong.

'Cause when Ed takes a vacation, (the world goes 'round)
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

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.

Yeah, when Ed takes a vacation, (the world goes 'round)
Ed takes a vacation, (we're still on track)
Ed takes a vacation, (we won't shut down)
But we'll feel a whole lot better when Ed gets back

Fun, fun, fun, summer means fun,
Ooh, la, la, la, ooh, la, la, la,
Ooh, la, la, la, ooh, olay.