She was a good time girl
Everybody know her name
Oh she was a good time girl
Everybody knew her name
She took off with a hustler
Never been seen again

He was a pool room genius
Broken heart and a broken nose
Yeah he was a pool room genius
Broken heart and a broken nose
Well, how he ended up in the chiller
Nobody knows
That's just the way it goes

So many saw it coming
That dangerous path they chose
Oh so many saw it coming
That dangerous path they chose
But ask anybody down on Maxwell
They say that's just the way it goes
Oh, that's just the way it goes
That's just the way it goes
That's just the way it goes 'round here, yeah
Ask anybody down on Maxwell
They say that's just the way it goes, oh yeah