I know a gal got a lot to lose   She's a pretty nice lady but she's kinda confused   Got muscles in her head ain't never been used   Thinks she owns half of this town      Starts drinking heavy gets a big red nose   And she beats her old man with her pantyhose   And takes him out and buys him new clothes   That's the way that the world goes 'round      That's the way that the world goes 'round   One minute you're up and the next you're down   It's a half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown   That's the way that the world goes 'round      Well, I was sitting in the tub just a counting my toes   When the radiator broke and the water froze   Got stuck in the ice without any clothes   Naked as the eyes of a clown      I was crying ice cubes hoping that I'd croak   Then the sun came through the window and the ice all broke   I said son of a gun man that's just a joke   And that's the way the world goes round      That's the way that the world goes 'round   One minute you're up and the next you're down   Got a half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown   That's the way that the world goes 'round      Well, that's the way that the world goes 'round   One minute you're up and the next you're down   Got a 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