Nobody loves you when youre down and out,
Nobody sees you when youre on cloud nine.
Evrybodys hustlin for a buck and a dime,
Ill scratch your back and youll scratch mine.
Ive been across to the other side,
Ive shown you evrything, I got nothing to hide.
And still you ask me, do I love you?
What it is? what it is?
All I can tell you is its all show biz,
All I can tell you is its all show biz.
Nobody loves you when youre down and out,
Nobody knows you when youre on cloud nine.
Evrybodys hustlin for a buck and a dime,
Ill scratch your back and you knife mine.
Ive been across the water now so many times,
Ive seen the one-eyed witchdoctor leading the blind.
And still you ask me, do I love you?
What you say? what you say?
Evry time I put my finger on it, it slips away,
Evry time I put my finger on it, it slips away.
Well, I get up in the morning
And Im looking in the mirror to see, oo-wee!
Then Im lying in the darkness
And I know I cant get to sleep, oo-wee!
Nobody loves you when youre old and grey,
Nobody needs you when youre upside down.
Evrybodys hollerin bout their own birthday,
Evrybody loves you when youre six foot in the ground.
