I know a guy

that's got a lot to lose

he's a pretty nice fellow

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.