That's the Way That the World Goes Round

Doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo

I know a guy that's got a lot to lose

He's a pretty nice fella, kinda confused

Got muscles in his head, never been used

Thinks he owns half of this town

Starts drinking heavy, gets a big red nose

Beats his old lady with a rubber hose

Takes her out to dinner, 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, the next you're down

It's a half an inch of water, think you're gonna drown

That's the way that the world goes 'round

Doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo

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 came through the window, the ice all broke

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 a half an inch of water, you think you're gonna drown

That's the way that the world goes 'round

Doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo

I wish John Prine could sing about this mess

Shake his head and sigh about his cause of death

Crack a bad joke about running out of breath

Describe a ventilator's sound

But in 2020, the year of our lord

While we were all stuck at home, growing bored

Mr. Prine left this world forevermore

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 a half an inch of water, you think you're gonna drown

That's the way that the world goes 'round

That's the way that the world goes 'round