Released: May 23, 1988
Songwriter: Jimmy Cox
Producer: Andy Taylor Bernard Edwards Rod Stewart
[Verse 1]
Once I lived the life
Of a millionaire
Spending my money
Oh, I didn't care
Taking my friends out
For a mighty good time
Oh, we'd drink that good gin
Champagne and wine
[Pre-Chorus]
But oh, just as soon
As my money got low
I couldn't find nobody
And I had no place to go
And if I ever get my hands on a dollar again
I'm gonna hold on 'til the eagle wins
'Cause I found out
[Chorus]
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Lord have mercy
[Verse 2]
Yeah, yeah, now listen
Now in your pocket
There's not one penny
And all of them good friends
You found out you haven't got any
Nobody come around
But the landlord and the taxman
Your ex-wife who says
She wants more alimony
Then there's a knock on the door
And it's a woman you don't know
Says she's having your baby
She'll walk on in
[Pre-Chorus]
But oh, just as soon
As the money roll in
Here they all come sayings
That they're you're long lost friends
But if I ever get my hands on a dollar again
I believe, I believe I'll hold on 'til the eagle wins
'Cause I found out
[Chorus]
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody, nobody, nobody
Once I lived the life
Of a millionaire
Spending my money
Oh, I didn't care
Taking my friends out
For a mighty good time
Oh, we'd drink that good gin
Champagne and wine
[Pre-Chorus]
But oh, just as soon
As my money got low
I couldn't find nobody
And I had no place to go
And if I ever get my hands on a dollar again
I'm gonna hold on 'til the eagle wins
'Cause I found out
[Chorus]
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Lord have mercy
[Verse 2]
Yeah, yeah, now listen
Now in your pocket
There's not one penny
And all of them good friends
You found out you haven't got any
Nobody come around
But the landlord and the taxman
Your ex-wife who says
She wants more alimony
Then there's a knock on the door
And it's a woman you don't know
Says she's having your baby
She'll walk on in
[Pre-Chorus]
But oh, just as soon
As the money roll in
Here they all come sayings
That they're you're long lost friends
But if I ever get my hands on a dollar again
I believe, I believe I'll hold on 'til the eagle wins
'Cause I found out
[Chorus]
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody wants you
When you're down and out
Nobody, nobody, nobody
more tracks from the album
Out of Order (Bonus Track Version)
- Forever Young
- Forever Young (Live)
- Crazy About Her (Al B. Sure Remix)
- Days of Rage
- Try a Little Tenderness
- My Heart Can’t Tell You No
- Dynamite
- Lost in You
- Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
- Crazy About Her (B! Crazy Dub Mix)
- Crazy About Her
- The Wild Horse
- Lethal Dose of Love
- Almost Illegal
- Crazy About Her (Kyle Wyld West Edit) [Instrumental]
- When I Was Your Man
- This Old Heart of Mine (Live)
From the albums
- Out of Order (Bonus Track Version) (1988)
- Out of Order (1988)
Rod Stewart popular songs
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
- Young Turks
- Maggie May
- Forever Young
- Love Is
- Sailing
- Handbags & Gladrags
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? (Remix)
- Maggie May (Live)
- Faith of the Heart
- Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
- Every Picture Tells a Story
- Have I Told You Lately
- Didn’t I
- Baby Jane
- You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
- The First Cut Is the Deepest
- When I Need You
- Downtown Train
- Rhythm of My Heart
- Hot Legs
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Missing You