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[] Nobody loves you when you re []down and out,
[] nobody sees you when you re []on Cloud Nine.
Ev rybody 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 ev rything, I ve 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 it s []all show []biz, [ ]
[] all I can tell[] you is it s []all show biz.
[] Nobody loves you when you re []down and out,
[] nobody knows you when you re []on Cloud Nine.
Ev rybody 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 witch doctor []leading the blind. [ ]
[] And still you []ask me do I []love you.
What you []say, what you say.
[] Ev ry time I put my[] finger on it it []slips a[]way, [ ]
[] ev ry time I put my[] finger on it it []slips away.
[Instrumental interlude over a full verse]
Well, I []get up in the morning and I m []looking in the mirror to
see[]
[]oo []oo []wee.
Then I m lying in the darkness and I []know I can t get to sleep[],
[]oo []oo []wee. (3 Silent bars)
[] Nobody loves you when you re []old and gray,
[] nobody needs you when you re []upside down.
Ev rybody s hol rin bout their []own birthday,
[] ev rybody loves you when you re []six foot in the ground.
::: ::: Repeat and fade (with whistling)