Everybody knows   Does everybody know, does everybody know,   does everybody know      I'm the town crier   And everybody knows   I'm a little down   With a lifetime ago   Maybe you don't believe my heart is in the right place   Why don't you take a good look at my face   Other boys use the splendour of their trembling lip   They're so teddy bear tender and tragically hip      I'm a never gonna cry again   I'm a gonna be as strong as them   They say they'd die for love   And then they live it out   They'll give me something to cry about   Suddenly you really fall to pieces      I'm the town crier   And everybody knows   I'm a little down   With your lifetime ago   Maybe you don't believe my heart is in the right place   Why don't you take a good look at my face   And other boys use the splendour of their trembling lips   They're so teddy bear tender and tragically hip      Love and unhappiness go arm in arm   Long suffering friends of your fatal charm   Living for the pity that you're gonna get hurt   Just a little boy lost in a big man's shirt   Suddenly you really fall to pieces   Fall to pieces      I'm the town crier   And everybody knows   I'm a little down   With a lifetime to go   Maybe you don't believe my heart is in the right place   Why don't you take a good look at my face   And other boys use the splendour of their trembling lip   They're so teddy bear tender and tragically hip