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