Everybody Knows

That's how it goes, everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody knows the war is over
That's how it goes, everybody knows
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
Without your clothes and everybody knows
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows the good guys lost
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
Everybody knows that it's moving fast
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Ah, give or take a night or two
Before it blows and everybody knows

Everybody knows you've been discreet
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody talking to their pockets
And everybody knows that it's now or never
And everybody knows that the plague is coming
Everybody knows that it's me or you

That's how it goes, everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
Everybody knows the scene is dead

Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
Everybody knows that you love me, baby
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And everybody knows that you live forever
For your ribbons and bows and everybody knows
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
Everybody knows that you really do
And everybody knows that you're in trouble
That's how it goes, everybody knows
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Ah, when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows what you've been through
And everybody knows, everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes, oh, everybody knows
That will disclose what everybody knows
Like their father or their dog just died

That's how it goes, everybody knows
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Everybody knows that you've been faithful
Take one last look at this sacred heart

Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Everybody got this broken feeling
And a long stem rose, everybody knows