Everybody

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Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody prays with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows, the war is over
Everybody knows that the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight is fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody's got this broken feeling
Maybe they've died on the inside

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
Everybody knows you've been discreet
But, there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes and now everybody knows

Everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Oh, when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Joe, he's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows

Everybody knows that the plague is coming
Everybody knows that it's moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past

Everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of the Calvary to the beaches of Malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this sacred heart
Before it blows and everybody knows

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