Somewhere in the world there is a father and a mother
And the father is a son who has a mother
The mother has a daughter who gets married to the brother of a mother
And they all just tryna multiply with one another
And the father is a son who has a mother
The mother has a daughter who gets married to the brother of a mother
And they all just tryna multiply with one another
'Coz that's just the way of the world
It never ends 'til the end, then you start again
That's just the way of the world
That's just the way of the world
It never ends 'til the end, then you start again
That's just the way of the world
That's just the way of the world
Somewhere in the world they think they're working for themselves
They get up every day to go to work for someone else
And somebody works for them and so they think they've got it made
But they're all just working to get paid the very same
They get up every day to go to work for someone else
And somebody works for them and so they think they've got it made
But 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
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 and a bank
And the bank robbed the people so the people rob the bank
And the police came to get him but they let him get away
'Coz they're all just workin' to get paid the very same
And the bank robbed the people so the people rob the bank
And the police came to get him but they let him get away
'Coz they're all just workin' to get paid the very same
'Coz that's just the way of the world
It never ends 'til the end, then you start again
That's just the way of the world
That's just the way of the world
It never ends 'til the end, then you start again
That's just the way of the world
That'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
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 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
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
'Coz that's just the way of the world
It never ends 'til the end, and then you start again
That's just the way of the world
That's just the way of the world
It never ends 'til the end, and then you start again
That's just the way of the world
That'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 (Oh, la)
Skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
(Skiddly-dee-da-da-da, da-dum-dum-dum-dum)
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 (Oh, la)
Skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
(Skiddly-dee-da-da-da, da-dum-dum-dum-dum)
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs (They keep on, keep on)
Skiddly-dee-da-dum (They keep on, keep on)
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
'Coz that's just the way of the world
Skiddly-dee-da-dum (They keep on, keep on)
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly-dee-da-dum-dum
'Coz that's just the way of the world
song info:
Verified yes
LanguageEnglish
GenrePop
Rank−
Duration00:03:36
Charts
Copyright ©Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music
WriterPriscilla Renea Hamilton, Steve Mac
Lyrics licensed byLyricFind
AddedSeptember 6th, 2016
Last updatedMarch 6th, 2022
About"Thumbs" is a song by American singer Sabrina Carpenter. It was released as a promotional single from her second studio album, Evolution (2016), on October 7, 2016. The song was released as the second single from the album on January 3, 2017. It was written by Steve Mac and Priscilla Renea, with the production being handled by Mac.
The music video was uploaded on her Vevo account on YouTube on February 10, 2017. The music video was shot at the subway set of the Disney Channel show, Girl Meets World, which Carpenter previously starred on as Maya Hart, opposite Rowan Blanchard's character, Riley Matthews.
Brittany Goldfield Rodrigues of ANDPOP said "the jazzy vibe of this song sold us, and the scatting just made us play it on repeat. With this tune Sabrina really makes us fall for her unique jazz vibes she sprinkles into her pop sound."
Carpenter first performed the song on the Honda Stage at the iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles on August 25, 2016, along with other new music before the release of Evolution. She performed the song on Today on November 22, 2016.
The music video was uploaded on her Vevo account on YouTube on February 10, 2017. The music video was shot at the subway set of the Disney Channel show, Girl Meets World, which Carpenter previously starred on as Maya Hart, opposite Rowan Blanchard's character, Riley Matthews.
Brittany Goldfield Rodrigues of ANDPOP said "the jazzy vibe of this song sold us, and the scatting just made us play it on repeat. With this tune Sabrina really makes us fall for her unique jazz vibes she sprinkles into her pop sound."
Carpenter first performed the song on the Honda Stage at the iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles on August 25, 2016, along with other new music before the release of Evolution. She performed the song on Today on November 22, 2016.
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