I know a guy that's got a lot to lose.
He's a pretty nice fellow but kinda 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 [bad word] 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, 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 [bad word] through the window, the ice all broke
I stood up and laughed, I thought it was a joke
That's the way that the world goes 'round