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 was 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 that 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 that you really do
Everybody knows that you've been faithful

Ah 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


Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows


Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes

Everybody knows

And everybody knows that it's now or never

Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah when you've done a line or two

Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows

And everybody knows

And everybody knows that the Plague is coming

Everybody knows that 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

And everybody knows that 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


Oh everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows


Everybody knows