that's the way it goes

listen little brothers, to what i'm puttin' down, you know this world is a funny old world, and it just goes round and round, that's the way it goes, that's the way it goes, oh brothers, where it ends nobody knows, that's the way it goes, when you're a winner, you've got lots of friends, and everybody loves you so, but when things change, your good luck ends, where did everybody go?, that's the way it goes, that's the way it goes, oh brothers, where it ends nobody knows, that's the way it goes, you've got a baby, and you love her so, she says that you're her only pearl, here comes your buddy and he says hello, and its goodbye little girl, that's the way it goes, that's the way it goes, oh brothers, where it ends nobody knows, that's the way it goes, now listen little brothers, there's a game that you've been taught, do everything like everybody else, but don't you ever get caught, that's the way it goes, that's the way it goes, oh brothers, where it ends nobody knows, that's the way it goes, now that guy over there, he shouts all day, that he's gonna make the world fall down, but this old world is a funny old world, and it still goes round and round, that's the way it goes, that's the way it goes, oh brothers, where it ends nobody knows, that's the way it goes, that's the way it goes, that's the way it goes, oh brother, where it ends nobody knows, that's the way it goes