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
Every time I put my finger on it, it slips away
Every time 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, ooh wee!
Then I'm lying in the darkness and I know I can't get to sleep, ooh wee!

Nobody loves you when you're old and gray
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.

Writer : LENNON, JOHN
Copyright : Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC