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