"Thumbs" is a song by Sabrina Carpenter, from her second album Evolution. It was first released on October 7, 2016 as the third promotional single from the album and was later released as an official single on January 3, 2017. The music video was released on February 9, 2017. It was written by Priscilla Renea and Steve Mac.
An acoustic version of the song was released on April 21, 2017.
Lyrics[]
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
'Cause 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 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-dat-dum (Dum, dum, dum, dum)
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly-dee-dat-dum-dum (Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum)
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly-dee-dat-dum (Skiddly-dee-dat-dum)
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly-dee-dat-dum-dum (Dum, 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
'Cause they're all just working to get paid the very same
'Cause that's just the way of the world
It never ends 'til the end, then you start again (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-dat-dum (Skiddly-dee-dat-dum)
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly-dee-dat-dum-dum (Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum)
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly-dee-dat-dum (Skiddly-dee-dat-dum)
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly-dee-dat-dum-dum (Dum, 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
'Cause that's just the way of the world (Way of the world)
It never ends 'til the end, and then you start again (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 (Keep on)
Skiddly-dee-dat-dum (Skiddly-dee-dat-dum)
(They gonna keep on)
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly-dee-dat-dum-dum (Woo, woo)
(Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum)
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly-dee-dat-dum (Keep on)
(Skiddly-dee-dat-dum)
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs (Oh, la)
Skiddly-dee-dat-dum-dum
(Skiddly-dee-da-da-da, da-dum-da-da-dum)
And so they keep on twiddlin' them thumbs (Keep on, keep on)
Skiddly-dee-dat-dum (Dum, dum, dum, dum)
(They keep on, they keep on)
They gonna keep on twiddlin' them thumbs
Skiddly-dee-dat-dum-dum ('Cause that's just the way of the world)
Live performances[]
Carpenter performed "Thumbs" on the Today Show, and at every show on the Evolution Tour. She also performed the song on the April 17, 2017 episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden as well as the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards.
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- This is the only song on Evolution that Carpenter did not co-write.
- The music video is a one-shot music video, meaning that it was filmed in one long take by a single camera.[1]
- The song is featured as a playable track in the dance rhythm game Just Dance 2018 through the Just Dance Unlimited subscription service.
References[]
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| On Purpose • Feels Like Loneliness • Thumbs • No Words • Run and Hide • Mirage • Don't Want It Back • Shadows • Space • All We Have Is Love |