Jimmy Buffett What If The Hokey Pokey Is All It Really Is About? Lyrics

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 elemental 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 our big round ball

Things are getting serious as cholesterol

Permutations, calculations

Greedy piggies at the trough

Arrogance and ignorance, just to top it off



I just can't keep up with the Nasdaq

Who got sold and bought

I've got to take my lunch break

But 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 big ol' 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 in a cup of herbal tea?



Maybe it's all too simple

For our brains to figure it out

What if the hokey-pokey

Is all it really is 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 Bang 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 our brains to figure it out

What if the hokey-pokey

Is all it really is about?