Everybody Knows
Four o'clock in the afternoo
and I didn't feel like very much
I said to myself, "Where are you golden boy
where is your famous golden touch?"
I thought you knew wher
all of the elephants lie down
I thought you were the crown princ
of all the wheels in Ivory Town
Just take a look at your body now
there's nothing much to sav
and a bitter voice in the mirror cries
"Hey, Prince, you need a shave."
Now if you can manage to ge
your trembling fingers to behave
why don't you try unwrappin
a stainless steel razor blade
That's right, it's come to this
yes it's come to this
and wasn't it a long way down
wasn't it a strange way down
There's no hot wate
and the cold is running thin
Well, what do you expect fro
the kind of places you've been living in
Don't drink from that cup
it's all caked and cracked along the rim
That's not the electric light, my friend
that is your vision growing dim
Cover up your face with soap, there
now you're Santa Claus
And you've got a gift for anyon
who will give you his applause
I thought you were a racing man
ah, but you couldn't take the pace
That's a funeral in the mirro
and it's stopping at your face
That's right, it's come to this
yes it's come to this
and wasn't it a long way down
ah wasn't it a strange way down
Once there was a pat
and a girl with chestnut hair
and you passed the summer
picking all of the berries that grew there
there were times she was a woman
oh, there were times she was just a child
and you held her in the shadow
where the raspberries grow wild
And you climbed the twilight mountain
and you sang about the view
and everywhere that you wandere
love seemed to go along with you
That's a hard one to remember
yes it makes you clench your fist
And then the veins stand out like highways
all along your wrist
And yes it's come to this
it's come to this
and wasn't it a long way down
wasn't it a strange way down
You can still find a job
go out and talk to a friend
On the back of every magazin
there are those coupons you can send
Why don't you join the Rosicrucians
they can give you back your hope
you can find your love with diagram
on a plain brown envelope
But you've used up all your coupon
except the one that seem
to be written on your wris
along with several thousand dreams
Now Santa Claus comes forward
that's a razor in his mit
and he puts on his dark glasse
and he shows you where to hit
and then the cameras pan
the stand in stunt man
dress rehearsal rag
it's just the dress rehearsal rag
you know this dress rehearsal rag
it's just a dress rehearsal rag.
