CONCRETE BLONDE – Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen)

Leonard Cohen’s “Everybody Knows” by Johnette Napolitano’s Concrete Blonde, from their album Pump Up the Volume (1990). It was a single that charted at #20 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in September 1990.

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

Everybody knows the boat is sinking Everybody knows that the captain lied Everybody’s got this broken feeling Like their mama or their dog just died Everybody’s hands are in 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 the way it goes Everybody knows

Everybody knows that it’s now or never Everybody knows that it’s me or you Everybody knows that you live forever When you had a line or two Everybody knows the deal is rotten Old black Joe still pickin’ cotton For your ribbons and bows

Everybody knows you love me baby Everybody knows that you really do Everybody knows that you’ve been faithful Give or take a night or two Everybody knows you’ve been discreet So many people you had to meet Without your clothes And everybody knows

Everybody knows Everybody knows That’s the way it goes Everybody knows

Everybody knows Everybody knows That’s how it goes And everybody knows

Everybody knows Everybody knows That’s how it goes And everybody knows