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
  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
  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
  And still you ask me do I love you, what you say, what you say
  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 the ground