Philosphy of the World

POTW album cover POTW album back
Track Title Time
1. Philosophy Of The World (2:56)
2. That Little Sports Car (2:06)
3. Who Are Parents? (2:58)
4. My Pal Foot Foot (2:31)
5. My Companion (2:04)
6. I'm So Happy When You're Near (2:12)
7. Things I Wonder (2:12)
8. Sweet Thing (2:57)
9. It's Halloween (2:22)
10. Why Do I Feel? (3:57)
11. What Should I Do? (2:18)
12. We Have A Savior (3:06)


  • First Pressing - Third Word Records (Third World 3001) - 1969 (some say it came out in '72, but I doubt it)
  • Second Pressing - Rounder/Red Rooster (Rounder 3032)/(Red Rooster 103) - 1980
  • Third Pressing - re-issued in a CD compilation from Rounder/Red Rooster - 1988
  • Fourth Pressing - re-issued on CD by RCA Victor - 1999

Recorded: March 9th, 1969 at Fleetwood Studios, Revere, MA.

Produer: Austin Wiggin Jr.

Engineer: Bob Olive

All Songs Written By: Dorothy Wiggin

Back Cover Drawing Of Foot-Foot: Dorothy Wiggin

Personel Includes The Following:
Betty Wiggin - rhythm guitar, vocals
Helen Wiggin - drums
Dorothy Wiggin (aka. Dot Wiggin) - lead guitar, vocals, arrangements
The album is dedicated to Mrs. Doris Colbath

Thanks to: Kathy and Bob Olive, Jean Sibulkin, Ernest Hatzis, Charles Nuttings, Ben Swiezynski, Frances Frasier, The Exeter News-Letter, Lawrence Taylor, The Whole Town Of Freemonth, New Hampshire, and especially Uncle Freddy. Extra special thanks to "Mississipi" Hal Wilson.

lyrics

(as transcribed by Shaggs fan, Steve Pearson)

Philosophy Of The World

Oh, the rich people want what the poor people's got
And the poor people want what the rich people's got
And the skinny people want what the fat people's got
And the fat people want what the skinny people's got

You can never please anybody in this world

The short people want what the tall people's got
And the tall people want what the short people's got
The little kids want what the big kid's got
And the big kids want what the little kid's got

You can never please anybody in this world

Oh, the girls with short hair want long hair
And the girls with long hair want short hair
Oh, the boys with cars want motorcycles
And the boys with motorcycles want cars

You can never please anybody in this world

It doesn't matter what you do
It doesn't matter what you say
There will always be
One who wants things the opposite way

It doesn't matter where you go
It doesn't matter who you see
There will always be
Someone who disagrees

We do our best
We try to please
But we're like the rest
Whenever at ease

Oh, the rich people want what the poor people's got
And the poor people want what the rich people's got
And the skinny people want what the fat people's got
And the fat people want what the skinny people's got

You can never please anybody in this world

 That Little Sports Car

There was a sports car on the road (on the road)
I thought I knew the fellow that drove
That little sports car was slippery as an oyster
Following it was like riding on a roller coaster (roller coaster)

Around the corners and over the bumps
Every minute, faster and faster, my heart thumped (my heart thumped)

Well, finally he stopped to get some gas
If I was to catch up I had to move fast (to move fast)
I stepped on the gas and just made the corner
Wow, I was almost a goner (goner)

When I got there he was gone
I don't know where I went wrong (I went wrong)
The time went fast, it was late
I knew I had no time to waste (time to waste)

I turned around and headed for home
I learned my lesson never to roam
I learned my lesson never to roam
Never to roam
Never to roam
Never to roam
Never to roam

 Who Are Parents?

Some kids do as they please
They don't know what life really means
They don't listen to what the ones who really care have to say
They just go and do things their own way

Who are parents?
Parents are the ones who really care
Who are parents?
Parents are the ones who are always there

Some kids think their parents are cruel
Just because they want them to obey certain rules
They start to lean from the ones who really care
Turning, turning from the ones who will always be there

Who are parents?
Parents are the ones who really care
Who are parents?
Parents are the ones who are always there

Parents do understand, parents do care
We must remember
Parents are the ones who will always understand
Parents are the ones who really care

Parents do understand, parents do care
We must remember
Parents are the ones who will always understand
Parents are the ones who really care

Who are parents?
Parents are the ones who really care
Who are parents?
Parents are the ones who are always there

(repeat chorus twice)

 My Pal Foot Foot

My pal's name is Foot Foot (Foot Foot)
He always likes to roam
My pal's name is Foot Foot (Foot Foot)
I never find him home

I go to his house
Knock at his door
People come out and say
Foot Foot don't live here no more

My pal Foot Foot (Foot Foot)
Always likes to roam
My pal Foot Foot (Foot Foot)
Now he has no home

Where will Foot Foot go
What will Foot Foot do
Oh, Foot Foot
I wish I could find you

I've looked here, I've looked there
I've looked everywhere
Oh, Foot Foot
Why can't I find you?

Foot Foot, where can you be?
Foot Foot, why won't you answer me?
Foot Foot, Oh Foot Foot
Wherever you are
I want you to come home with me

I don't have time to roam
I have things to do
I have to go home
Oh, Foot Foot, where are you?

If Foot Foot didn't like to roam so well
He would still have a place to dwell
Foot Foot, please answer me
I know where you are
You're behind that tree

Foot Foot, please come to me
Foot Foot, now that you're here
Won't you come home
Foot Foot, promise me this
That you will never again roam

 My Companion

My companion is with me
Wherever I go, it goes too
My companion is with me
No matter what I do

When I ride my horse
I take my companion too, of course
When I go to the beach and run in the sand
I have my companion close at hand

My companion is with me when I drive my car
Even when I go real far
No matter where I am or what I do
My companion is always there too

When I walk my pets
No one dare *** (?)
I take my companion
It never has passed (?)

My companion is with me wherever I go
Even when I go to a show
My companion is, of course
My radio

 I'm So Happy When You're Near

I'm so happy when you're near
I'm so sad when you're away
I've been happy almost every day
Now that you're here to stay

But when you have to leave
Then I'll start to grieve

Every week you have to go
Every time it's a different road
I never know what to do
I'm so lonesome without you

When you're far away
You are always in my dreams
And when you're home to stay
We make a perfect team

It's so hard to have to wait for you
To ride into the gate
But when you get there
We have many news and feelings to share

I know it has to be
I know it can't be changed
But sometimes I think we are
Completely insane

If we could see each other more
It wouldn't be so bad
If we could only find the open door
We wouldn't be so sad

So until we find the right door
You'll have to leave again
And once more both our lives will be
Very dim

 Things I Wonder

There are many things I wonder
There are many things I don't
It seems as though the things I wonder most
Are the things I never find out

I wonder about the stars above
I wonder about the birds that fly
I wonder about your love
But most of all I wonder why you make me cry

I wonder, I wonder
I wonder why we have to say goodbye
There are some things I don't understand
There are some things I do

But one thing I don't understand
Is why we have to be so blue
I understand why you feel the way you do
Because I feel the same way too

I wonder why our minds drift astray
I wonder why life goes on this way
I wonder why we have to part
We both know it'll break our heart

There are many things I wonder
There are many things I don't
I'll be glad when I find all these things out
But until I do things won't change with me and you

With me and you things will stay the same
With me and you things won't change
With me and you things will be the same

 Sweet Thing

You're such a sweet thing
(Sweet thing, sweet thing)
But you can be so mean
You're such a sweet thing
(Sweet thing, sweet thing)
You used to make me dream

But then there's times when you are very different
I just don't understand
How a minute you can be so mean
The next minute so grand

You used to make me happy
Now you make me sad
You've told me many lies
I've never told you one

You think you'll fool me
(Fool me, fool me)
So go and have your fun
I'll play it cool and go along with you

You ran around and think that I don't know
You must think you put on quite a show
But you're turn's coming
(Coming, coming)

There'll be some girl who will hurt you
(Hurt you, hurt you)
The way you have hurt me
And then you'll be the one who's sad and blue
And then you'll see how you made me feel

In the end you will find
I was only trying to be a friend
In the end you will see
That I'm not the fool
But it's you, yes, you're the fool

Then maybe you'll consider others
And try to be true
If you did that in the first place
You wouldn't be so blue

You were such a sweet thing
(Sweet thing, sweet thing)
But now you are very mean
You were such a sweet thing
(Sweet thing, sweet thing)
But now you'll never make me dream

You'll never make me dream

 It's Halloween (additional thanks to Greg Zsidisin)

It's Halloween
It's Halloween
It's time for scares
It's time for screams
It's Halloween
It's Halloween

The ghosts will spook
The spooks will scare
Why, even Dracula will be there

It's time for games
It's time for fun
Not for just one
But for everyone

The jack-o-lanterns are all lit up
All the dummies are made and stuffed
By just looking you will see
It's this time of year again

It's Halloween
It's Halloween

All the kids are happy and gay
There doesn't seem to be a cloud in their way
But when it's over and they've had all their fun
They'll wish that Halloween had just begun

Oh, there are witches, goblins, vampires, devils, Frankensteins and zombies
And there are tramps, Cinderallas, pirates, angels and gypsies
So let's have lots of fun and give many cheers
For Halloween comes but once a year

It's time for games
It's time for fun
Not for just one
But for everyone

It's Halloween
It's Halloween
It's Halloween
It's Halloween

It's Halloween!

 Why Do I Feel?

Sometimes I feel funny
And bottled up inside
Then for some reason
I just start to cry

Sometimes I feel happy
And overflowing with joy
Then things change
And I start to worry

Why do I feel the way I feel?
Why do I do the things I do?
Why do I feel the way I feel?

Sometimes I worry over nothing at all
Sometimes I think life's just a ball
When life changes and turns the other way
I try to think of something gay

Why do I feel the way I feel?
Why do I do the things I do?
Why do I feel the way I feel?

There are times when I feel sad
There are times when I feel blue
What makes me feel this way the most
Is when I don't know why I do the things I do

Why do I do the things I do?
Why do I feel the way I feel?
Why do I do the things I do?

There are times when I feel sad
There are times when I feel blue
What makes me feel this way the most
Is when I don't know why I do the things I do

Why do I do the things I do?
Why do I feel the way I feel?
Why do I do the things I do?
Why do I do the things I do?

 What Should I Do?

What should I do
What should I do
Tell me, tell me
What should I do

He's a sad boy
He's a bad boy
He never gives me any joy
Tell me what should I do

He's a two-face
He's a disgrace
He never wins a race
Tell me what should I do

Should I tell him goodbye
Should I tell him we're through
Should I tell him I know he lies
Won't someone tell me what should I do

What should I do
What should I do
Tell me, tell me
What should I do

Sometimes he's kind
Sometimes he's cruel
Sometimes he's mean
And other times he's true

Tell me what should I do

Wish someone would answer me
But don't know who
Wish someone would tell me, tell me
What to do

Don't tell me I've had good times with him
'Cause I know they're true
Don't tell me I still love him
'Cause I know that too

Just tell me what should I do
What should I do
What should I do
Tell me, tell me
What should I do

 We Have A Savior

Why does the world go unholy (?)
Why does everyone fight more and more
Don't they know we have a saviour
All we have to do is believe and pray

Why must we go unheathen (?)
Why does anyone have to run (?)
Don't they know we have a saviour
That's what God told us guys (?)

I often sit and wonder
Why people do the things they do
And I can't understand, no I can't understand
Why they don't have faith in the Lord, like I do

Why do the people go on killing
Why do they feel sad and blue
Don't they know we have a saviour
Just watching over me and you

I often sit and wonder
Why people do the things they do
And I can't understand, no I can't understand
Why they don't have faith in the Lord, like I do

Why do the people go on killing
Why do they feel sad and blue
Don't they know we have a saviour
Just watching over me and you

Don't they know we have a saviour
All we have to do is believe and pray
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