The Ass and the Hole

[Intro: Mac McAnally]
This modern age we live in, it's hard to figure out
If anybody out there talkin'
Has a clue what they're talkin' about

[Verse 1: Jimmy Buffett & Mac McAnally]
There's twisted trends, and psychic friends
And tabloid UFOs
And the wisest man with the best laid plan
Might still say, I don't know
What do you think? I say, well

[Pre-Chorus: Jimmy Buffett & Mac McAnally]
They must not be that different
The ass and the hole in the ground
They often are mistaken for each other I have found

[Chorus: Both Jimmy Buffett & Mac McAnally]
Oh, and life rewards the ones who try
Until they've got it down
The diffеrence between thеir ass and the hole in the ground

[Verse 2: Jimmy Buffett & Mac McAnally]
Yeah, politics and OJ, everybody hears enough
When no amount'a talkin'
Can change a mind that's been made up

[Verse 3: Jimmy Buffett & Mac McAnally]
We got presidential pillow talk
They know just what to say
Whatever side you're on
One thing's for certain either way

[Pre-Chorus: Jimmy Buffett & Mac McAnally]
Yeah, they must not be that different
The ass and the hole in the ground
They often are mistaken for each other I have found

[Chorus: Jimmy Buffett & Mac McAnally]
Oh, and life rewards the ones who've tried
Until they've got it down
The difference between their ass and a hole in the ground

[Bridge: Both Jimmy Buffett & Mac McAnally]
In the morning paper, in the evening news
It seems so easy tell
When the Lord looks down at the things we do
He might get angry and he might say, well

[Pre-Chorus: Jimmy Buffett & Mac McAnally]
They must not be that different

[Instrumental]
2:07 - 2:18

[Chorus: Jimmy Buffett & Mac McAnally]
Yeah, and life rewards the ones who've tried
Until they've got it down
The difference between their ass and the hole
Yeah, their ass and the hole
The ass and the hole in the ground