I have a number in my head

Though I don't know why it's there


When numbers get serious


You see their shape everywhere




Dividing and multiplying


Exchanging with ease

When times are mysterious


Serious numbers are easy to please




Take my address, take my phone, oh


Call me if you can


Here's my address, here's my phone, now

Please don't give it to some madman





Hey hey, whoa whoa

It's complicated life


Numbers swirling thick and curious


Cut them with a knife

You can cut them with a knife





Two times two is twenty-two

Four times four is forty-four


When numbers get serious


They leave a mark on your door




Urgent, urgent


A telephone is ringing in the hallways

When times are mysterious


Serious numbers will speak to us always




That is why a man with numbers


Can put your mind at ease


We've got numbers by the trillions

Here and overseas





Hey hey, whoa whoa

Look at the stink about Japan


All those numbers waiting patiently

Don't you understand?


Don't you understand?



So wrap me, wrap me, wrap me do


In the shelter of your arms

I am ever your volunteer


I won't do you any harm



I will love innumerably


You can count on my word

When times are mysterious

Serious numbers will always be heard




When times are mysterious

Serious numbers will always be heard




And after all is said and done

And the numbers all come home

The four rolls into three


The three turns into two

And the two becomes a one