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That's The Way That The World Goes 'round

John Prine

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 owns 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.

Chorus:
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.

Chorus

Everything is cool Everything's okay Why just before last christmas My baby went

Christmas toys all over the place Little johnny wears a funny

There's a pine tree in a window in a house

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks Dressed in holiday style In the air there

He's just a small fry, a bit too gun shy To

I threw a party. nobody came. I bought all the tickets.

Maureen, maureen, I shot a doctor last night on the airplane Well,

You may live alone And close your eyes some folks do You

Let's take a slow boat to China Leave from South Carolina Let's

Here's the story of a man and his family And a

Things got rough Things got tough Things got harder than hard We were

I'm going steady with iron ore betty And she's goin' steady

There was a time When lonely men would wander Thru this land Rolling

Hey, there she goes Well I though she'd never leave Heaven knows Well

The last time that I saw her She was standing in

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.

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Great Days: The John Prine Anthology
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