I know a guy    that's got a lot to lose    he's a pretty nice guy    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