Don Henley Everybody Knows
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded everybody rolls with their fingers crossed everybody knows the war is over and everybody knows the good guys lost everybody knows the fight was fixed the poor stay poor and the rich get rich that's how it goes and everybody knows Everybody knows that the boat is leaking everybody knows the captain lied everybody got this broken feeling that their father or their dog just died everybody talkin' to their pockets everybody wants a box of chocolates and a long stem rose and everybody knows ( chorus ) Everybody knows, everybody knows that's how it goes, and everybody Everybody knows that you love me baby everybody knows that you really do everybody knows that you've been faithful give or take a night or two everbody knows that you've been discret there were so many people you just had to meet without your clothes and 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've done a line or two and everybody knows that the deal is rotten Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton for your ribbons and bows and everybody knows ( chorus x2 ) Everbody knows that the plaque is comin' everybody knows that it's movin' fast everybody knows that the naked man and woman are just a shining artifact of the past everybody knows that the scene is dead, but there's gonna be a meter on your bed that will disclose, what everybody knows Everybody knows that you're in trouble everybody knows what you've been through from the bloody cross on top of Calvary to the beach at Malibu and everybody knows it's coming apart take one last look at this sacred heart before it blows, and everybody knows ( chorus )