Lyrics That's the Way That the World Goes Round - Live - John Prine

I know a guy that's got a lot to lose
He's a pretty nice fellow, but kinda confused
He's got muscles in his head that ain't never been used
Thinks he own half of this town

Started drinking heavy, got a big red nose
Beat his old lady with a rubber hose
Then he took her out to dinner and bought 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, 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 sittin' in the bathtub countin' my toes
When the radiator broke, the 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

That's the way that the world goes 'round
You're up one day, 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

That's the way that the world goes 'round
You're up one day, 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
That's the way that the world goes 'round
That's the way that the world goes 'round

(This song here, about a fella and his wife
Uh, he's a real nice guy
And, uh, she's a real nice girl
She's got a whole bunch of friends
That thinks she's the best gal in the whole world
When they get together as a couple
Uh, they kinda form a, a, as a couple
They form a third personality
And, uh, nobody can understand them
You know, ha
I guess it's call love, ha
It's called "There She Goes")