{"id":55560,"date":"2026-09-19T11:28:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T11:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=55560"},"modified":"2026-09-19T11:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T11:28:26","slug":"do-the-math-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/09\/19\/do-the-math-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Do the Math"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Instrumental Intro: Driving Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Deep Sub-Bass, Drums, Handclaps, Saxophone]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nAnd a one&#8230;<br \/>\n(And a two&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Count your fingers!<br \/>\n(Count your toes!)<\/p>\n<p>Here goes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nOne little number<br \/>\nTwo little more<br \/>\nThree little problems<br \/>\nKnockin&#8217; at the door<\/p>\n<p>Four little warnings<br \/>\nFive on the wall<br \/>\nSix little signals<br \/>\nScreamin&#8217; \u201cDon&#8217;t fall!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nAdd it up&#8230;<br \/>\n(Add it up!)<br \/>\nCheck the sum&#8230;<br \/>\n(And then some!)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nAnd a 1.<br \/>\nAnd a  2&#8230;<br \/>\n(1, 2, 3, 4)<br \/>\nOnce more!<\/p>\n<p>(Hit it)<\/p>\n<p>Count on it<br \/>\n(Do the math)<br \/>\nFigure it out<br \/>\n(Avoid the wrath)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nMeasure the distance<br \/>\nMeasure the time<br \/>\nMeasure the pressure<br \/>\nMeasure the climb<\/p>\n<p>What goes up<br \/>\n(Must come down)<br \/>\nWhat goes round<br \/>\n(Comes back around)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nAnd a 1.<br \/>\nAnd a  2&#8230;<br \/>\n(1, 2, 3, 4)<br \/>\nOnce more!<\/p>\n<p>(Hit it)<\/p>\n<p>Count on it<br \/>\n(Do the math)<br \/>\nFigure it out<br \/>\n(Avoid the wrath)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nOne!<br \/>\n(One!)<\/p>\n<p>Two!<br \/>\n(Two!)<\/p>\n<p>Three!<br \/>\n(Three!)<\/p>\n<p>Four!<br \/>\n(Four!)<\/p>\n<p>Out on the dance floor<br \/>\n(Once more:)<br \/>\nOut on the dance floor!<\/p>\n<p>[Break]<br \/>\nAnd a one!<br \/>\n(Two!)<br \/>\nThree!<br \/>\n(Four!)<\/p>\n<p>Once more!<br \/>\n(Louder than before!)<\/p>\n<p>Out on the dance floor!<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental: Upbeat Piano-Blues Groove \u2014 Electric Guitar, Organ, Bass, Drums, Saxophone, Handclaps]<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nAnd a 1.<br \/>\nAnd a  2&#8230;<br \/>\n(1, 2, 3, 4)<br \/>\nOnce more!<\/p>\n<p>(Hit it)<\/p>\n<p>Count on it<br \/>\n(Do the math)<br \/>\nFigure it out<br \/>\n(Avoid her wrath)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Fade out]<br \/>\nAnd a one!<br \/>\n(And a two!)<br \/>\nThree!<br \/>\n(Four!)<\/p>\n<p>Do the math!<br \/>\n(Know the path!)<\/p>\n<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Full-Blown\/\">Full Blown<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental Intro: Driving Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Deep Sub-Bass, Drums, Handclaps, Saxophone] [Intro] And a one&#8230; (And a two&#8230;) Count your fingers! (Count your toes!) Here goes&#8230; [Verse 1] One little number Two little more Three little problems Knockin&#8217; at the door Four little warnings Five on the wall Six little signals Screamin&#8217; \u201cDon&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55560"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55563,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55560\/revisions\/55563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}