Thumbs
Somewhere in the world there is a father and a motherAnd the father is a son who has a motherAnd the mother has a daughter who gets married toThe brother of a motherAnd they all just try to multiply with one another
'Cause that's just the way of the worldIt never ends till the end, then you start againThat's just the way of the worldThat's just the way of the world[Verse 2]Somewhere in the world they think they work all for themselvesThey get up everyday to go to work for someone elseAnd somebody works for them and, so, they think they gotta maidBut they're all just working to get paid the very same
And, so, they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs(Skiddly-dee-da-dum)They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs(Skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum)
And, so, they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs(Skiddly-dee-da-dum, skiddly-dee-da-dum)They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs(Skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum)
Somewhere in the world you got a robber at a bankAnd the bank rob the people, so, the people rob the bankAnd the police came to get him, but they let him get away'Cause they're all just workin' to get paid the very same
'Cause that's just the way of the worldIt never ends till the end, then you start againThat's just the way of the worldThat's just the way of the world
And, so, they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs(Skiddly-dee-da-dum, skiddly-dee-da-dum)They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs(Skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum)
And, so, they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs(Skiddly-dee-da-dum, skiddly-dee-da-dum)They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs(Skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum)
Don't believe everything that you hearLet it go through your left and right earDon't just march to the beat of that drumDon't be one of them people just twiddlin' them thumbs
'Cause that's just the way of the world (way of the world)It never ends till the end and, then, you start againThat's just the way of the worldThat's just the way of the world!
And, so, they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs (keep on)(Skiddly-dee-da-dum, skiddly-dee-da-dum)They gonna keep (on) on twiddlin' them thumbs(Skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum)(Woo-oo, woo-oo)
And, so, they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs (keep on, keep on)(Skiddly-dee-da-dum, skiddly-dee-da-dum)They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs (la-a-a-a-a)(Skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum)(Siddly-dee-da-da-da-de-da-dum-dum)
And, so, they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs (keep on, keep on)(Skiddly-dee-da-dum)They keep on, they keep on
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs(Skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum)'Cause that's just the way of the world!