Everybody knows
the deal is rotten.
Old Black Joe's
still picking cotton
for your ribbons and bows.
["Everybody Knows" playing]
♪ 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.
[cheering and applause]
