[Verse 1] Somewhere in the world there is a father and a mother And the father is a son who has a mother And the mother has a daughter who gets married to The brother of a mother And they all just try to multiply with one another
[Pre-Chorus] 'Cause that's just the way of the world It never ends till the end, then you start again That's just the way of the world That's just the way of the world [Verse 2] Somewhere in the world they think they work all for themselves They get up everyday to go to work for someone else And somebody works for them and, so, they think they gotta maid But they're all just working to get paid the very same
[Chorus] 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)
[Verse 3] Somewhere in the world you got a robber at a bank And the bank rob the people, so, the people rob the bank And the police came to get him, but they let him get away 'Cause they're all just workin' to get paid the very same
[Pre-Chorus] 'Cause that's just the way of the world It never ends till the end, then you start again That's just the way of the world That's just the way of the world
[Chorus] 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)
[Bridge] Don't believe everything that you hear Let it go through your left and right ear Don't just march to the beat of that drum Don't be one of them people just twiddlin' them thumbs
[Breakdown] 'Cause that's just the way of the world (way of the world) It never ends till the end and, then, you start again That's just the way of the world That's just the way of the world!
[Chorus] 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)
[Outro] 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!