.
. .Everybody knows that the dice are loaded.
Everybody rolls with
their fingers crossed.
Everybody knows the war is over.
Everybody
knows the good guys lost.
Everybody knows the fight was fixed;
the
poor stay poor, the rich get rich.
That's how it goes. Everybody
knows.
Everybody
knows that the boat is leaking.
Everybody knows the captain
lied.
Everybody got this broken feeling
like their father or
their dog just died.
Everybody
talking to their pockets.
Everybody wants a box of chocolates and
a long stemmed rose.
Everybody knows. . . .
- Leonard Cohen