My sister used to drink pickle juice straight out of the jar   I don't understand, She seemed to really like it   Then she'd grab an onion and take a bite   Just like it was an apple ripe   I don't understand, but then again, I never tried it      You just don't know what's gonna happen   Before the day is through   It might make you happy it might make you blue      On Saturdays we'd go to the lake   My daddy knew I couldn't swim   So he'd throw me in, I don't understand   As I paddled on back my brothers yelled   Look out there's a snake below   Huh? A snake? man I'm gettin' out of here      Even when we know what happened   And the whole day is through   We can only guess if it's good or bad,   This much is true      When the ice cream truck 'd come down the street   My grandma would give me a nickel   I never had the nerve to tell her it cost a dollar   One day I walked into her room   And she couldn't remember my name   Only yesterday, she was readin' me a book      No matter what we do today the sun is gonna shine   Even when it's rainin' it's up there all of the time      Later that night I was laughin' so hard   My daddy sent me out of the room   I don't understand, I don't understand,   The very next morning I was out in the yard   My sister gave me her pickle juice jar   Now that I could understand      Then it hit me, I realized it's okay not to know   Some day I'm going to get this   For now that's the way it goes      You tell 'em Roy, I know exactly what you mean.   I don't understand