6 / Everybody Knows

 Everybody knows (live in London, 2008)

:(COHEN, LEONARD / ROBINSON, SHARON)

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

Everybody knows that the boat is leaking 
Everybody knows that the captain lied 
Everybody have got this broken feeling 
Like their father or their dog just died 
Everybody talking to their pockets 
Everybody want a box of chocolates 
And a long stem rose, everybody knows 

Everybody knows you love me baby 
Everybody knows that you really do 
And everybody knows that you've been faithful 
Give or take a night or two 
Everybody knows that 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 that it's me or you 
Everybody knows that you live forever 
When you have done a line or two 
Everybody knows the deal is rotten 
Old Black Joe still pickin' cotton 
For your ribbons and bows, everybody knows 

Everybody knows that the Plague is coming 
Everybody knows that it's moving fast 
Everybody knows that your 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 Mighty Heart 
Before it blows and everybody knows