I know a guy that's got a lot to lose, he's a pretty nice fellow but kind of confused
He's got muscles in his head that ain't ever been used. Thinks he owns half of this town.
Starts drinking heavy, gets a red nose. Beats his old lady with a rubber hose,
Then takes her out to dinner and buys her new clothes.
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 came through the window,
Ice all broke, I stood up and laughed thought it was a joke, That's the way the world goes round.
That's the way the world goes round, you're up one day and the next you're down,
It's a half an inch of water and you think you're going to drown, that's the way the world goes round.
Thank you John Prine
He's got muscles in his head that ain't ever been used. Thinks he owns half of this town.
Starts drinking heavy, gets a red nose. Beats his old lady with a rubber hose,
Then takes her out to dinner and buys her new clothes.
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 came through the window,
Ice all broke, I stood up and laughed thought it was a joke, That's the way the world goes round.
That's the way the world goes round, you're up one day and the next you're down,
It's a half an inch of water and you think you're going to drown, that's the way the world goes round.
Thank you John Prine