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

Jimmy Buffett, Mac MacAnally, C. Macak, T. Baker, L. Laprise 

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 

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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 

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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 

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 our brains to figure it out 

What if the hokey pokey 

Is all it really is about