Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight is fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows.
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talkin' 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 that 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
And Everybody knows.
*Chorus: Everybody Knows, Everybody knows, That's how it goes, Everybody knows*
And 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 line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten,
Old black Joe is still pickin cotten for you ribbons and bows,
And Everybody knows.
Everybody knows the plague is coming
Everybody knows it's coming fast
Everybody knows 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
And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calgary
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.
*Chorus*