i know a guy that s got a lot to lose he s a pretty nice fella kinda confused he s got muscles in his head ain t never been used thinks he owns half of this town started drinking heavy got a big red nose beat his old lady with a rubber hose then he took her out to dinner bought 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 the next you re down it s half an inch of water you think you re gonna drown that s the way that the world goes round i was sitting in the bathtub a 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 that s the way that the world goes round you re up one day 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 sittin in a i was playing in this club in san francisco and this girl come up to the stage so i leaned over and asked her what i could do for her and she said uh she said would you please sing that song of yours about the happy enchilada i said geez i ve never written a song about any kinda enchilada let alone a happy enchilada i said you might have me confused with somebody else she said no she said you wrote a song about a happy enchilada i said well how s it go and she says uh it s a happy enchilada and you think you re gonna drown i said i m glad you like the words that s the way that the world goes round you re up one day the next you re down it s a happy enchilada and you think you re gonna drown that s the way that the world goes round that s the way that the world goes round that s the way that the world goes round that s the way that the world goes round
['alternative country', 'country rock', 'folk', 'folk rock', 'indie folk', 'mellow gold', 'new americana', 'roots rock', 'singer-songwriter']