Patterns on the Waves

Now, I want to put it two ways
 I'm not saying
 That it's a bad thing, something to be condemned
 To take your own individual life seriously
 In dead earnest
 And to have all the problems that go with that
 Do understand that being that way
 That being a real mixed-up human being
 Is a manifestation of nature
 That is something just like the patterns on the waves out here
 Patterns on the waves
 Patterns on the waves
 Patterns on the waves
 Patterns on the waves
 Or like a seashell?
 You know, we pick up shells
 I always keep one around
 As sort of an example for many things
 And say, "My goodness, isn't that gorgeous!"
 There's not an aesthetic fault in it anywhere
 It's absolutely perfect
 Now, I wonder
 I wonder if these fish look at each other's shells and say
 "Don't you think she's kind of fat?
 Oh my, those markings aren't really very well spaced."
 Because that's what we do
 Patterns on the waves
 Patterns on the waves
 That's what we do
 Patterns on the waves
 Patterns on the waves
 That's what we do
 See, we don't realize that all of us
 In our various goings-on, and behavior
 And so on are more marvelous, much more complicated
 Much more interesting
 All these gorgeous faces that I'm looking at
 You know, every one of them
 Some of them are supposedly pretty
 Some of them are supposedly not so pretty
 But they're all absolutely gorgeous
 And everybody's eyes is a piece of jewelry beyond compare
 Beautiful!
 Beautiful!
 Beautiful!
 Beautiful!
 Beautiful!
 Patterns on the waves
 Patterns on the waves
 That's what we do
 Patterns on the waves
 Patterns on the waves
 That's what we do