Everybody knows that the dice are loadednEverybody rolls with their fingers crossednEverybody knows the war is overnEverybody knows the good guys lostnEverybody knows the fight was fixednThe poor stay poor, the rich get richnThat's how it goes, everybody knowsnnEverybody knows that the boat is leakingnEverybody knows that the captain liednEverybody got this broken feelingnLike their father or their dog just diednEverybody talking to their pocketsnEverybody wants a box of chocolatesnAnd a long stem rose, everybody knowsnnEverybody knows that you love me, babynEverybody knows that you really donEverybody knows that you've been faithfulnAh, give or take a night or twonEverybody knows you've been discreetnBut there were so many people you just had to meetnWithout your clothes and everybody knowsnnEverybody knows, everybody knowsnThat's how it goes, everybody knowsnEverybody knows, everybody knowsnThat's how it goes, everybody knowsnnAnd everybody knows that it's now or nevernEverybody knows that it's me or younAnd everybody knows that you live forevernAh, when you've done a line or twonEverybody knows the deal is rottennOld Black Joe's still pickin' cottonnFor your ribbons and bows and everybody knowsnnAnd everybody knows that the plague is comingnEverybody knows that it's moving fastnEverybody knows that the naked man and womannAre just a shining artifact of the pastnEverybody knows the scene is deadnBut there's gonna be a meter on 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 CalvarynTo the beach of MalibunEverybody knows it's coming apartnTake one last look at this sacred heartnBefore it blows and everybody knowsnnAnd everybody knows, everybody knowsnThat's how it goes, everybody knowsnEverybody knows, everybody knowsnThat's how it goes, oh, everybody knowsnnEverybody knows, everybody knowsnThat's how it goes, everybody knowsnEverybody knows