Strange Things

By Thorin

(To something like the chorus from “Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat”, from Guys and Dolls, by Frank Loesse)

Well, the strange things come and come and go

And the strange things come and go.

Yes, the strange things come and come and go

And the strange things come and go.

And the pinwheels keep on whirlin’!

And the bullfrogs bellow so!

And the strange things come and come and go,

And the strange things come and go.

They come twice as often as they go.

Wellllll,

The strange things go and come and come,

And the strange things go and come.

Yes, the strange things go and come and come,

And the strange things go and come.

They go half as often as they come.

So we asked the wizened wise-folk,

Why do they come more often than they go?

And they replied,

About half the things that start out strange

Wind up as things you know.

About half the things that start out strange

Wind up as things you know.

And the pinwheels keep on whirlin’!

And the bullfrogs bellow, bellow so,

And the strange things come and come and go,

And the strange things come and go.