I know a guy that's got a lot to lose.
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He's a pretty nice fellow but he's kind of confused.
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He's got muscles in his head that ain't never been used.
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Thinks he own half of this town.
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Starts drinking heavy, gets a big red nose.
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Beats his old lady with a rubber hose,
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Then he takes her out to dinner and buys her new clothes.
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That's the way that the world goes 'round.
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That's the way that the world goes 'round.
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You're up one day and the next you're down.
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It's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown.
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That's the way that the world goes 'round.
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I was sitting in the bathtub counting my toes,
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When the radiator broke, water all froze.
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I got stuck in the ice without my clothes,
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Naked as the eyes of a clown.
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I was crying ice cubes hoping I'd croak,
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When the sun come through the window, the ice all broke.
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I stood up and laughed thought it was a joke
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That's the way that the world goes 'round.
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That's The Way That The World Goes 'Round
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| John Prine |
