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Everybody Knows

by Middle Class Joe

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Originally performed by Leonard Cohen.
Words & Music by Sharon Robinson, Leonard Cohen. © 1988 W B Music Corporation, Geffen Music, Robinhill Music, Stranger Music, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died

Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long-stem rose
Everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

And everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows

And everybody knows that the plague is coming
Everybody knows that it's moving fast
Everybody knows that the man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows

And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Mar-a-lago
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

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released August 24, 2020
Performed & produced by Middle Class Joe
(Chris Bucheit + Cameron Maris).
Layout designed by Cameron Maris.
Recordings & artwork © 2020 Phone Calls From Friends.

Thank you: Sarah, Hallie, Kimi, Kali, Sophia, Mason, Cadence, Eris, Rosemary, Tom, Trevor, Tiger, Jada, all our friends, families, the estate of Leonard Cohen, Nighthawks Podcast, DistroKid, Bandcamp, & The City of Austin TX.

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Middle Class Joe Austin, Texas

Chris & Cam met on Oct 3 2000 at Casper College, forming their first band Zapruder in their dorm room almost immediately. Zapruder mostly played in friend Jada's grandma's basement. Zapruder ended when Chris left for UT Austin, but Chris & Cam continued to write & record music remotely for years as Nineteen Cent Feast, releasing their debut EP in 2009. 19¢F was reborn as Middle Class Joe in 2016. ... more

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