Jimmy Buffett - Waiting For The Next Explosion lyrics

by: Jimmy Buffett

Missing link crouched upon a promontory rock

Trying to figure out his biological clock

no one around to announce his arrival

so he's got to get to work on his sense of survival

oh, oh it's a dangerous world

Oh but in China they got smart real fast

that's where they invented the manmade blast

they lost a few fingers and some bamboo shacks

but they gave birth to a tribe of pyromaniancs

oh, oh it's a dangerous world (dangerous world dangerous world)

fire in the sky, lava in the ocean

sitting around waiting for the next explosion

back in the 50s they thought it made good sense

to teach all the school children 'bout civil defense

don't be scared (don't be scared)

do not cry (please don't cry)

just dive under your desk and kiss your ass goodbye

oh, oh such a dangerous world (dangerous world dangerous world)

it was a hell of a hustle

paranoia promotion

everybody duck and cover just waitin' for the next explosion

Where're you gonna be when it hits the fan

got a plan

whatcha gonna do if it lands on you

where's your point of view

down at the beach club there's a sales convention

night sky is the focus of that crowd's attention

It's no cosmic collision just a fireworks show

but they feel it in their hearts when those concussion bombs blow

oh, oh such a dangerous world (dangerous world dangerous world)

gunpowder's louder than Newton's law of motion

everybody's waiting for the next explosion

fire on the sky falling in the ocean

sitting around waiting for the next explosion

(sitting around waiting for the next explosion)