This is Exuma communicating that a man is insignificant in the grand scheme of the universe.
Socrates once said “I know nothing” and this is Exuma saying a similar thing, that no-one understands reality perfectly.
[Verse 1]
You don't know what's going on
You don't know what's going on
You can't make the world go round
You don't know what's going on
You're here today and tomorrow you're gone
When the holy cow is milking
And the greenbacks are rolling
You are the king and queen pin
But when the greenbacks turn brown
And you fall down
Whatcha gonna do, baby?
[Chorus]
Come go with me
Come take my hand
I'm going home
Come go with me
Come take my hand
I'm going home
[Verse 2]
When the holy cow is milking
And the greenbacks are rolling
You are the king and queen pin
But when the greenbacks turn brown
And you fall down
Whatcha gonna do now, baby?
[Chorus]
Come go with me
Come take my hand
I'm going home
Come go with me
Come take my hand
I'm going home
[Verse 3]
You can't change the night into day
And you can't take the milk from the milky way
You can't take the sun from the sky
And you can't put the light in Ray Charles eyes
When the holy cow is milking
And the greenbacks are rolling
You are the king and queen pin
But when the greenbacks turn brown
And you fall down
Whatcha gonna do now, baby?
[Chorus]
Come go with me
Come take my hand
I'm going home
[Bridge]
You don't know, you don't know
You don't know, you don't know
You don't know, you don't know
You don't know, you don't know
You don't know, you don't know
You don't know
[Chorus/Outro]
Come go with me (You don't know what's going on)
Come take my hand (You can't make the world go round)
I'm going home (You don't know what's going on)
I'm going home (You're here today and tomorrow you're gone)
I'm going home (You don't know what's going on)
I'm going home (You don't know what's going on)
I'm going home (You don't know what's going on)
I'm going home (Baby, you don't know what's going on, you really don't know)