Jimmy Buffett - What If the Hokey-Pokey Is All It Really Is About? lyrics
[Jimmy Buffett - What If the Hokey-Pokey Is All It Really Is About? lyrics]
The universe is runnin' away
I heard it on the news just the other day
There's this new stuff called dark energy
We can't measure and we can't see
It's some elementary mystery
Train that we can't catch
But our heads are in the oven
And somebody's 'bout to strike a match
Meanwhile back on this big round ball
Things are getting serious as cholesterol
Permutations, calculations
Greedy piggies at the trough
Arrogance and ignorance and just
To top it off
I just can't keep up with the NASDAQ
Who got sold and bought
But I've got to take my lunch break
I'll leave you with a little for thought
Maybe it's all too simple
For our brains to figure it out
What if the hokey-pokey
Is all it really is about?
What if life is just a cosmic joke?
Like spiders in your underwear or
Olives in your coke my life can get as messy
As a day-old sticky bun
So I arm myself with punch lines
And a giant water gun
They say it's not that simple
But just maybe it should be
It's time to change the subject
Would you join me for a cup of herbal tea?
Maybe it's all too simple
For our brains to figure it out
What if the hokey pokey
Is really what it's all about?
I still believe in rock 'n' roll
It pays my bills and soothes my soul
There really really isn't a
Whole lot more around
Except for Frank Sinatra and
The Big-Band sound
I want music in the music
I want chicken in the soup
I want caffeine in my system
Let's revive the hula hoop
Maybe it's all too simple
For their big brains to figure it out
What if the hokey pokey
Is really what it's all about?
You put your hand in, you take your hand out
You put your mind in and
You shake it all about
You've only got two options
Having fun or freaking out
And that's what it's all about
(Let's do it again, Parrotheads)
You put your left thing in
You take your right thing out
You put your plastic ass in and
You shake it all about
You only get three wishes
Three strikes and you are out
And that's what it's all about
That's what it's all about hokey pokey
That's what it's all about
I heard it on the news just the other day
There's this new stuff called dark energy
We can't measure and we can't see
It's some elementary mystery
Train that we can't catch
But our heads are in the oven
And somebody's 'bout to strike a match
Meanwhile back on this big round ball
Things are getting serious as cholesterol
Permutations, calculations
Greedy piggies at the trough
Arrogance and ignorance and just
To top it off
I just can't keep up with the NASDAQ
Who got sold and bought
But I've got to take my lunch break
I'll leave you with a little for thought
Maybe it's all too simple
For our brains to figure it out
What if the hokey-pokey
Is all it really is about?
What if life is just a cosmic joke?
Like spiders in your underwear or
Olives in your coke my life can get as messy
As a day-old sticky bun
So I arm myself with punch lines
And a giant water gun
They say it's not that simple
But just maybe it should be
It's time to change the subject
Would you join me for a cup of herbal tea?
Maybe it's all too simple
For our brains to figure it out
What if the hokey pokey
Is really what it's all about?
I still believe in rock 'n' roll
It pays my bills and soothes my soul
There really really isn't a
Whole lot more around
Except for Frank Sinatra and
The Big-Band sound
I want music in the music
I want chicken in the soup
I want caffeine in my system
Let's revive the hula hoop
Maybe it's all too simple
For their big brains to figure it out
What if the hokey pokey
Is really what it's all about?
You put your hand in, you take your hand out
You put your mind in and
You shake it all about
You've only got two options
Having fun or freaking out
And that's what it's all about
(Let's do it again, Parrotheads)
You put your left thing in
You take your right thing out
You put your plastic ass in and
You shake it all about
You only get three wishes
Three strikes and you are out
And that's what it's all about
That's what it's all about hokey pokey
That's what it's all about