Mind Your Coconut

Verse 1
Old Joe's sittin' at the tiki bar
Keeping tabs on everybody from near and far
Who bought a boat, who sold their house
Who's dating who and who kicked who out

I said, "Joe, you got a full-time job
Keeping track of every Tom, Dick, Sue and Bob"
He said, "Somebody's gotta know what's goin' on"
I said, "No they don't — now pass the rum!"

Chorus
Mind your own coconut
Don't worry 'bout me so much
You got your beach, I got mine
We're both runnin' outta summertime

Mind your own coconut
Life's too short to stir things up
If it ain't your monkey, ain't your tree
Sip your drink and let it be

Verse 2
Miss Betty knows what the neighbors do
What time they leave and who comes through
She knows their cars, she knows their friends
She knows where everybody's weekend ends

But her grass is high and her roof still leaks
She ain't checked her own mail in three whole weeks
I said, "Betty, before you investigate me—
There's a jungle growin' in your own backyard, see?"

Chorus
Mind your own coconut
Don't worry 'bout me so much
You got your beach, I got mine
We're both runnin' outta summertime

Mind your own coconut
Life's too short to stir things up
If it ain't your monkey, ain't your tree
Sip your drink and let it be

Bridge
Some folks watch the ocean
Some folks watch the news
Some folks watch their neighbors
Like they got nothin' else to do

But I got waves to ride
And fish to fry
And absolutely no good reason
To ask you why!

Breakdown
Who's she dating?
(Not my business!)

Where's he going?
(Not my business!)

What are they doing?
(Not my business!)

Somebody tell me—

(MIND YOUR OWN COCONUT!)

Final Chorus
Mind your own coconut
Don't worry 'bout me so much
You got your beach, I got mine
We're both runnin' outta summertime

Mind your own coconut
Life's too short to stir things up
If it ain't your monkey, ain't your tree
Sip your drink and let it be

Outro
Keep your eyes on your own little paradise
Everybody gets along real nice
A little less gossip, a little more rum—

And mind…
your own…
coco-NUT!

(Hey! Who drank my drink?)

(Okay… THAT is my business.)

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