I know a guy
that´s got a lot to lose
he´s a pretty nice guy
but he´s kind of confused
he´s got muscles in his head

that ain´t never been used
thinks he own half of this town

starts drinking heavy
gets a big red nose
beats his old lady
with a rubber hose
then he takes her out to dinner
and buys her new clothes
that´s the way that the world goes ´round.

That´s the way that the world goes ´round
you´re up one day
and the next you´re down
it´s half an inch of water
and you think you´re gonna drown
that´s the way that the world goes ´round.

I was sitting in the bathtub
counting my toes
when the radiator broke
water all froze
I got stuck in the ice
without my clothes
naked as the eyes of a clown

I was crying ice cubes
hoping I´d croak
when the sun come through the window
the ice all broke
I stood up and laughed
thought it was a joke
that´s the way that the world goes ´round