

John Prine ~ "That's The Way That The World Goes 'Round"



Written by John Prine and Release on October 24, 1990



The following reviews sum up my love for John Prine and his music ...



"He appears onstage with such modesty he almost seems to be backing into the spotlight," wrote Rofer Ebert, gracing Prine with his very first review, a righteous rave in the Chicago Sun-Times. "He sings rather quietly, and his guitar work is good, but he doesn't show off. He starts slow. But after a song or two, even the drunks in the room begin to listen to his lyrics. And then he has you."



"That's What Makes the World Go 'Round: Over a pretty melody, Prine tries to make sense of a world that often makes no sense at all. He offers no answers, of course, because that's the way the world goes round, "you're up one day and the next you're down, it's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown."



John Prine, born October 10, 1946 is an American country/folk singer-songwriter. He has been active as a composer, recording artist, and live performer since the early 1970s....



"That's The Way That The World Goes 'Round"

Written and Performed by John Prine



I know a guy that's got a lot to lose.

He's a pretty nice fellow but he's kind of confused.

He's got muscles in his head that ain't never been used.

Thinks he own half of this town.



Starts drinking heavy, gets a big red nose.

Beats his old lady with a rubber hose,

Then he takes her out to dinner and buys her new clothes.

That's the way that the world goes 'round.



That's the way that the world goes 'round.

You're up one day and the next you're down.

It's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown.

That's the way that the world goes 'round.



I was sitting in the bathtub counting my toes,

When the radiator broke, water all froze.

I got stuck in the ice without my clothes,

Naked as the eyes of a clown.



I was crying ice cubes hoping I'd croak,

When the sun come through the window, the ice all broke.

I stood up and laughed thought it was a joke

That's the way that the world goes 'round.

