I met a man in a bar in Carolina, said fishing's all I know
But my boat sprang a leak and now I'm trying to fish my dreams up off the ocean floor
But that's the way it is sometimes, why nobody knows
The best laid plans are out of our hands, but hey, that's the way it goes
I knew a lady in Louisiana, almost a Cajun queen
She said I was runner up in a beauty pageant, and now I work the window at the Krispy Kreme
But that's the way it is sometimes, why nobody knows
The best laid plans are out of our hands, but hey, that's the way it goes, That's the way it goes
Saw my Carolina friend he was wearing gold and a cheesy grin
He said I went diving for my sunken trawler, discovered treasures worth millions of dollars
And down south in a Krispy Kreme, a movie man saw a Cajun queen
A few movies and an Oscar later, she told Barbara Walters just what made her
That's the way it is sometimes, why nobody knows
The best laid plans are out of our hands, but hey, that's the way it goes
That's the way it is sometimes, why nobody knows
The best laid plans are out of our hands, but hey, that's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
Oh, that's the way it goes