Waiting for the Next Explosion Songtext
von Jimmy Buffett

Missing Link crouched upon a promontory rock
Tryin′ to figure out his biological clock
No one around to announce his arrival
So he's got to get to work on that sense of survival
Oh, it′s a dangerous world
Over in China, they got smart real fast
That's where they invented the manmade blast
They lost a few fingers and some bamboo shacks
But they gave birth to a tribe of pyromaniacs
Oh, it's a dangerous world
(Dangerous world, dangerous world)
Fire in the sky, lava in the ocean
Sittin′ ′round waitin' for the next explosion
Back in the ′50s, they thought it made good sense
To teach all the school children about civil defense
Don't be scared (Don′t be scared), do not cry (Please don't cry)
Just dive under your desk and kiss your ass goodbye
Oh, such a dangerous world
(Dangerous world, dangerous world)
It was a hell of a hustle, paranoia promotion


Everybody duck and cover, waiting for the next explosion
Where you gonna be when it hits the fan?
Got a plan?
What you gonna do if it lands on you?
Where′s your point of view?
Down at the beach club, there's a sales convention
Night sky is the focus of that crowd's attention
It′s no cosmic collision, just a fireworks show
But they feel it in their hearts when those concussion bombs blow
Oh, such a dangerous world
(Dangerous world, dangerous world)
Fire in the sky, falling on the ocean
Sittin′ 'round waitin′ for the next explosion
Gunpowder's louder than Newton′s law of motion
Everybody's waitin′ for the next explosion
Sittin' 'round waitin′ for the next explosion
Sittin′ 'round waitin′ for the next explosion
Sittin' ′round waitin' for the next explosion
Sittin′ 'round waitin', waitin′ for the next explosion
Sittin′ 'round waitin′ for the next explosion
Sittin' ′round waitin' for the next explosion
Sittin′ 'round waitin' for the next explosion
Sittin′ ′round waitin', waitin′ for the next explosion
Sittin' ′round waitin' for the next explosion