Monday Music - Wiggly World

The weatherman says, "Hey, it's gonna be nice!
If you're plannin' your weekend take my advice:
Call a few of your friends and fire up the grill,
The chance of thunderstorms is close to nil."
It’s a forecast from heaven – no precipitation threat!
Get the lawn chairs out and the volleyball net.
So now you're all ready, but it's all in vain –
When your friends show up it begins to rain.

It's a wiggly world – a wiggly world.
Like a greased watermelon on the fourth of July –
Like a hand that's always quicker than the eye.
It's a wiggly world – a wiggly world.
It's a zig-zag, runaway, loop hole, trick play,
Slippery, wiggly world.

Hot off the press it’s medical alert!
You’d better change your ways or you're gonna get hurt.
Cholesterol,  sodium, and saturated fats
Have been found to cause cancer in laboratory rats.
So you buy yourself a treadmill and a juicer to boot,
You're chowing down on the broccoli, loading up on the fruit.
Next week on 20/20 it's different song,
A new study shows they might have been wrong!

It's a wiggly world – a wiggly world.
Try to hold that answer, lock it away,
But I bet they change the question the very next day!
It's a wiggly world – a wiggly world.
It's a zig-zag, runaway, loop hole, trick play,
Slippery, wiggly world.

Smiles and banners on the campaign trail,
And promises to cure all your government ails.
He says, “I can solve your problems. Let me give you the facts–
I can raise the GDP, I can lower your tax.”
“This ain’t political jive, it’s a workable plan!
Let me kiss your baby, let me shake your hand.”
November comes around, you cast a hopeful vote –
But you find yourself in the same old boat.

It's a wiggly world – a wiggly world.
Like a greased watermelon on the fourth of July –
Like a hand that's always quicker than the eye.
It's a wiggly world – a wiggly world.
It's a zig-zag, runaway, loop hole, trick play,
Slippery, wiggly world.

“Wiggly World” by Dave Burkum, © Copyright 1994 by Dave Burkum, from If I Close My Eyes. LISTEN / DOWNLOAD / BUY