Play along at home with the lyrics:

[Intro]
Oh
Oh, ooh
Oh, ooh
Oh, yeah

[Verse 1]
You have so many relationships in this life
Only one or two will last
You go through all the pain and strife
Then you turn your back and they're gone so fast
Oh, yeah
And they're gone so fast, yeah

[Verse 2]
Oh, so hold on the ones who really care
In the end, they'll be the only ones there
When you get old, start losing your hair
Can you tell me who will still care?
Can you tell me who will still care?

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, ooh, yeah, yeah

[Chorus]
Mmmbop, ba duba dop ba
Du bop, ba duba dop ba
Du bop, ba duba dop ba du
Yeah, yeah
Mmmbop, ba duba dop ba
Du bop, ba du dop ba
Du bop, ba du dop ba du
Yeah, yeah

[Post-Chorus]
Said oh, yeah
In an mmmbop, they're gone
Yeah, yeah

[Verse 3]
Plant a seed, plant a flower, plant a rose
You can plant any one of those
Keep planting to find out which one grows
It's a secret no one knows
It's a secret no one knows
Oh, no one knows

[Chorus repeat]

[Post-Chorus]
In an mmmbop, they're gone
In an mmmbop, they're not there
In an mmmbop, they're gone
In an mmmbop, they're not there
Until you lose your hair
Ooh, but you don't care
Yeah, yeah

[Chorus repeat]

[Bridge: Taylor, Isaac & All]
Can you tell me? Oh
No, you can't 'cause you don't know
Can you tell me? Oh, yeah
You say you can, but you don't know
Can you tell me? Oh
Which flower's going to grow?
No, you can't 'cause you don't know
Can you tell me?
If it's gonna be a daisy or a rose?
You say you can, but you don't know
Can you tell me? Oh
Which flower's going to grow?
No, you can't 'cause you don't know
Can you tell me?
You say you can, but you don't know
Said you can, but you don't know
You don't know, oh, don't know, oh

[Chorus repeats]

[Outro]
Can you tell me? Oh
No, you can't 'cause you don't know
Can you tell me? Oh, yeah
You say you can, but you don't know
Say you can, but you don't know, don't

Jump to section:

(00:11 ) Very short introduction

(00:49 ) Song title, writers' details, background

(02:31 ) Lyrics - there are some! Who knew?

(03:05 ) Bitter, world-weary children and pre-high school relationship trauma

(08:05 ) Significance of the title. Bops and boops.

(09:45 ) The Mmmbop unit of time and its equivalents

(11:27 ) Star Wars joke #1

(11:38 ) The Mmmbop unit of time, part 2

(12:54 ) Other bop meanings and spreading seed

(17:57 ) Moby's withdrawn confession?

(18:46 ) Losing friends through self-pleasure

(20:07 ) Early fears of hair-loss or a metaphor for a pop-career

(27:27 ) 'Gone' - a definition

(28:03 ) Gardening or Nazi uprising? via Pinterest

(31:33 ) Gardening knowledge and instructions

(34:40 ) How many relationships in your life? Science tells us

(38:45 ) Hanson exposed as "Plant Truthers"?

(44:16 ) Clues to the meaning and themes expanded in the music video

(55:00 ) Other theories from the internet

(50:34 ) Misheard lyrics

(102:38 ) Hanson Monopoly ... Hansonopoly?

(01:03:00 ) Farewells

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