Lyrics:The Edison Museum (Wax Cylinder Recording)

Nick Hill: The Edison Museum, performed by They Might Be Giants, Nicholas Hill vocal, made at Edison Laboratories.

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The Edison Museum
Not open to the public
Its haunted towers rise
Into the clouds above it
Folks drive in from out of town
To gaze in amazement when they see it

Just outside the gate
I look into the courtyard
Underneath the gathering thunderstorm

Through the iron bars
I see the black maria
Revolving slowly in its platform

In the topmost tower
A light burns dim
A coiling filament
Glowing within

The Edison Museum
Unce a bustling factory
Today is but a darkened cobweb
Covered hive of industry
The tallest, widest and most famous
Haunted mansion in New Jersey

Behind a wooden door
The voice of Thomas Alva
Recites a poem on a phonograph

Ghosts float up the stairs
Like silent moving pictures
The loyal phantoms of his in house staff

A wondrous place it is
There can be no doubt
But no one ever goes in
And no one ever goes out

The Edison Museum
Not open to the public
Its haunted towers rise
Into the clouds above it
The oldest, greatest and most famous
Haunted mansion in New Jersey