Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For yours ribbons and bows
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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 that 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
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Everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows it's me or you
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
Just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there's going to 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 at 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
Alright
(Everybody knows, everybody knows) Everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
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I wrote that song a long time ago with Sharon Robinson
More recently we wrote this one