"If You've Gotta Ask You'll Never Know" lyrics

What's it mean
When your brother's back home with the record
By some weird looking hillbilly cat
Yes, and he plays it and he shouts and he's a-leaping about
Dancing 'round on this floor while you stand at the door asking
"How come you're acting like that?"
Huh? Well, if you gotta ask you'll never know

What's it mean
When you're out with your girl at a party
And she spies that old beau from before
Well now she's your love you think
As you turn for a drink
But looking back ain't it weird
When they both disappeared
And then they're gone for an hour or more?
Huh? If you gotta ask you'll never know

Don't look to me so quizzically
I've got nothing nice to say
These scenes are all clear as the day
But hey boy, you're just too fucking slow
Yeah, 'cause if you gotta ask you'll never know

What's it mean
When your gasoline bill's so outrageous
It's an oil shortage, that's what you hear, yes
And the prices are such 'cause we import so much
And then the gasoline firms tell the profits they've earned
And they're all double the previous year
What? If you gotta ask you'll never know
If you gotta ask you'll never know
Oh oh, you gotta ask you'll never
Na na, you gotta ask you'll never know