Everybody knows that the dice are loadednEverybody rolls with their fingers crossednEverybody knows that the war is overnEverybody knows the good guys lostnEverybody knows the fights was fixednSo the poor stay poor, the rich get richnThat's how it goesnAnd everybody knowsnnAnd everybody knows that the boat is leakingnEverybody knows the captain liednEverybody's got this broken feelingnnJust like their father or their dog just diednAnd everybody's talking to their pocketsnAnd everybody wants a box of chocolatesnAnd a long stemmed rosenYeah, everybody knowsnnAnd everybody knows,nYeah everybody knowsnThat's just how it goesnYeah everybody knowsnnAnd everybody knows that you love me babynEverybody knows you really donAnd everybody knows you've been faithfulnWell, give or take a night or twonAnd everybody knows you've been discreetnBut there were so many people you just had to meetnWithout your clothes...nYeah, and everybody knowsnnAnd everybody knows that it's now or nevernEverybody knows that it's me or younAnd everybody knows that you live forevernOh, when you've done a line or twonAnd everybody knows that the deal is rottennBlack Joe is still picking cottonnFor your ribbons and your bowsnYeah, and everybody knowsnnAnd everybody knows,nYeah everybody knowsnThat's just how it goesnYeah everybody knowsnnEverybody knowsnEverybody knowsnThat's just how it goesnEverybody knowsnnWell everybody knows that the plague is comingnAnd everybody knows that it's moving fastnAnd everybody knows that a naked man and womannThey're just a shining artifact of the pastnAnd everybody knows, this scene is deadnBut there's gonna be a meter above your bednThat will disclose, what everybody knowsnnAnd everybody knows that you're in troublenEverybody knows what you've been throughnFrom the bloody cross on top of CalgarynTo the beach at MalibunWell everybody knows it's coming apartnTake one last look at this sacred heartnBefore it blowsnYeah and everybody knowsnEverybody knowsnYeah and everybody knowsnYeah everybody knows