Leonard Cohen – Everybody Knows

Lyrics

Everybody Knows

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that 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 that 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 stem rose
Everybody knows

Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you’ve been faithful
Ah give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you’ve been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows

And everybody knows that it’s now or never
Everybody knows that it’s me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah when you’ve done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe’s still pickin’ cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows

And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it’s moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there’s gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows

And everybody knows that you’re in trouble
Everybody knows what you’ve been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it’s coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows

Oh everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows

Prevod na srpski

Svi znaju

Svi znaju da su kockice nameštene
Svi ih bacaju držeći prste prekrštene
Svi znaju da je rat završen
Svi znaju da su dobri momci izgubili
Svi znaju da je borba bila nameštena
Siromašni ostaju siromašni, bogati se bogate
Tako to ide
Svi znaju

Svi znaju da brod negde propušta
Svi znaju da je kapetan lagao
Svi se osećaju nekako slomljeno
Kao da im je otac ili pas upravo umro

Svi samo svoj džep gledaju
Svi žele kutiju čokolade
I ružu sa dugom stabljikom
Svi znaju

Svi znaju da me voliš, dušo
Svi znaju da je stvarno tako
Svi znaju da si mi verna
Ah ako ne računamo jednu noć ili dve
Svi znaju da si bila diskretna
Ali bilo je toliko ljudi sa kojima si se prosto morala upoznati
Bez odeće
I svi znaju

Svi znaju, svi znaju
Tako to ide
Svi znaju

Svi znaju, svi znaju
Tako to ide
Svi znaju

I svi znaju da je sad ili nikad
Svi znaju da je ili ja ili ti
I svi znaju da živiš večno
I kad uzmeš crtu ili dve
Svi znaju da tu nešto smrdi
Stari crni Džo i dalje pamuk bere
Za vaše trake i mašne
I svi znaju

I svi znaju da kuga stiže
Svi znaju da brzo napreduje
Svi znaju da oni nagi muškarac i žena
Samo su sjajni artefakti prošlosti
Svi znaju da je scena zamrla
Ali imaćeš brojač na krevetu
Koji će razotkriti
Ono što već svi znaju

I svi znaju da si u nevolji
Svi znaju kroz šta si prošao
Od krvavog krsta na vrhu Kalvarije
Do plaže Malibua
Svi znaju da se raspada
Baci još jedan poslednji pogled na ovo sveto srce
Pre nego što pukne
I svi znaju

Svi znaju, svi znaju
Tako to ide
Svi znaju

Oh svi znaju, svi znaju
Tako to ide
Svi znaju

Svi znaju

Album_Leonard Cohen - Im Your Man
Album: Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man

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