Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down and Out) - Alternative Version

[Chorus]

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

[Verse One]

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 is it's all showbiz

All I can tell you is it's all showbiz

What it is, what it is, what it is, what it is

[Chorus]

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 knife mine

[Verse Two]

I've been across the water now so many times

I've seen the one-eyed witch doctor leading the blind

But still you ask mе do I love you?

What you say, what you say

Every time I put my fingеr on it, it slips away

Every time I put my finger on it, it slips away

What you say, what you say, what you say, what you say

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]

Well, I get up in the morning and I'm looking in the mirror to see

Oo-wee

Then I'm lying in the darkness and you know I can't get to sleep

Oo-wee

One, two, three, four

[Chorus]

Nobody loves you when you're old and grey

Nobody needs you when you're upside down

Everybody's hollerin' about their own birthday

Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground

*Whistling*