That's just the way of the world They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs Skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum Skiddly-dee-da-dum (skiddly-dee-da-dum) And so, they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs 'Cause that's just the way of the world It never ends till the end, then

It's just the curl of the burl That's just the way of the world I feed the powerless I killed a man 'cause he killed my goat I put my hands around his throat He tried to reason with the sky and the clouds