Everybody Knows

Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson / Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (1988)

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Everybody	knows that the dice are loaded.

	F
Everybody	rolls with their fingers crossed.

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Everybody	knows the war is over.

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Everybody	knows the good guys lost.

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Everybody	knows the fight was	fixed:

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The poor stay	poor, the rich get	rich.

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That's how it	goes.	Everybody	knows.

Everybody knows that the boat is leaking,

Everybody knows that the captain lied.

Everybody got this broken feeling

Like their father or their dog just died.

Everybody talking to their pockets,

Everybody wants a box of chocolates

And a long-stem rose - Everybody knows.

Everybody knows that you love me baby,

Everybody knows that you really do.

Everybody knows that you've been faithful,

Ah, 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 everybody knows.

And everybody knows that it's now or never,

Everybody knows that it's me or you.

And everybody knows that you live forever,

Ah, when you've done a line or two.

Everybody knows the deal is rotten,

Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton -

For your ribbons and bows - And everybody knows.

And 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 the scene is dead

But there's gonna be a meter on your bed -

That will disclose - What everybody knows.

And 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 of Malibu.

Everybody knows it's coming apart,

Take one last look at this Sacred Heart -

Before it blows - And everybody knows.