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

What If the Hokey Pokey Is All it Really is About?

by Jimmy Buffett

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The universe is runnin' away

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I heard on the news, just the other day

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There's this new stuff called dark energy

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We can't measure and we can't see

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It's some elemental mystery train that we can't catch

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But our heads are in the oven

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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 can't keep up with the Nasdaq

Who got sold and who got bought

I've got to take a lunch break

But I'll leave with a little food for thought

Chorus

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Maybe it's all too simple

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For our big brains to figure it out

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What if the hokey pokey

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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 its not that simple but just maybe it should be

It's time to change the subject,would join me for a cup of herbal tea?

Chorus

I still believe in rock and roll

It pays my bills and it sooths my soul

There really really isn't a whole lot more around

Except for maybe Frank Sinatra and the Big Band sound

I want music in my music

I want chicken in my soup

I want caffeine in my system let's revive the hula hoop

Chorus

Maybe it's all too simple

For our big brains to figure it out

What if the hokey pokey

Is all it really is about

Ad Lib

You put your right fin in

You take your left fin out

You put your plastic ass in

And you shake it all about

You only get three wishes

Three strikes and you are out

That’s what it’s all about