Nobody loves you when you're down and out
Nobody sees you when you're on cloud nine
Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime
I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine

I've been across to the other side
I've shown you everything,i got nothing to hide
But still you ask me do i love you,what it is,what it is
All i can tell you it's all show biz
All i can tell you it's all show biz.

Nobody loves you when you're on cloud nine
Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime
i'll scratch your back and you knife mine

I've been across the water now so many times
I've seen the one eyed witchdoctor leading the blind
But still you ask me do i love you,what you say,what yousay
Everytime i put my finger on it,it slips away
Everytime i put my finger on it, it slips away

Well i get up in the morning and i'm looking in the mirror to see,ooo wee!
Then i'm lying in the darkness and i know
I can't get to sleep,ooo wee

Nobody loves you when you're old and grey
Nobody needs you when you're upside down
Everybody's hollerin' 'bout their own birthday
Everybody loves you when you're six foot in thr ground