Everybody Knows

Everybody knows the deal is rotten.

Old Black Joe’s still picking cotton

for your ribbons and bows.

Everybody knows That the dice are loaded

Everybody rolls With their fingers crossed

Everybody knows The war is over

Everybody knows The good guys lost

Everybody knows The fight was fixed

The poor stay poor The rich get rich

That’s how it goes

Everybody knows

Everybody knows The boat is leaking

Everybody knows The captain lied

Everybody got This broken feeling

Like their father Or their dog just died

Everybody talking To their pockets

Everybody wants A box of chocolates

And a long stem rose

Everybody knows

Everybody knows That you love me, baby

Everybody knows You really do

Everybody knows You’ve been faithful

Give or take a night or two

Everybody knows You’ve been discreet

But there were so many People you just had to meet

Without your clothes

Everybody knows

Everybody knows

Everybody knows

That’s how it goes

Everybody knows

Everybody knows

Everybody knows

That’s how it goes

Everybody knows

Everybody knows That it’s now or never

Everybody knows It’s me or you

And everybody knows That you live forever

When you’ve done A little line or two

Everybody knows The deal is rotten

Old Black Joe’s Still pickin’ cotton

For your ribbons and bows

Everybody knows

Everybody knows That the Plague is coming

Everybody knows It’s moving fast

Everybody knows that The naked man and woman

Are just a shining artifact Of the past

Everybody knows The scene is dead

But there’s gonna be A meter on your bed

That will disclose

What everybody knows

Everybody knows You’re in trouble

Everybody knows What you’ve been through

From the bloody cross On top of Calvary

To the beach of Malibu

Everybody knows It’s coming apart

Take one last look At this Sacred Heart

Before it blows

And everybody knows

Everybody knows

Everybody knows

That’s how it goes

Everybody knows

Everybody knows

Everybody knows

That’s how it goes

Everybody knows

All right!

Everybody knows

Everybody knows

That’s how it goes

Everybody knows

Bob Metzger on the pedal steel.