Lyric What If The Hokey Pokey Is All It Really Is About?

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

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
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