Bee Gees

Released: March 30, 1969

Songwriter: Barry Gibb Maurice Gibb Robin Gibb

Producer: Colin Petersen Robert Stigwood Vince Melouney Maurice Gibb Barry Gibb Robin Gibb

[Verse 1: Barry Gibb]
He made electric lights to read
He gave us light today
He gave us cylinders to please
When Edison came to stay
Edison came to stay

[Verse 2: Robin Gibb]
Edison set the world on fire
He really made the day
Station to station, many wires
Edison came to stay
Edison came to stay

[Hook: Barry Gibb]
Oh, how , look at us now
We've still got a lot to learn
But it's someone else's turn
Edison's here to stay
Edison's here to stay

[Verse 3: Robin Gibb]
All of the world can taste his glory
All of the people say
You be the man to write his story
Edison's here to stay
Edison's here to stay

[Hook: Barry Gibb]

[Verse 4: Barry and Robin]
He made electric lights to read
He gave us light today
He gave us cylinders to please
When Edison came to stay
Edison came to stay
Edison came to stay
Edison came to stay

[Robin Gibb]
You be the man to write his story
Edison came to stay
Edison came to stay

[Outro: Robin and Barry]
All of the world can hear his story
Edison came to stay
Edison came to stay
Edison came to stay
Edison came to stay
Edison came to stay

The three Gibb brothers were very close as children and spent most of their time together. Barry was born in 1946, and his twin brothers Maurice and Robin were born in 1949. Together, they went on to become one of the most popular bands of the 1970s.

The Bee Gees have sold more than 220 million records worldwide, and functioned as a group almost continuously from 1958 to 2003, when Maurice Gibb suddenly died during a coma.

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