Cruel World

Cruel, cruel world, must I go on?

Cruel, cruel world, I'm movin' on

I've been livin' too fast

I've been livin' too wrong

Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone

This big old world

Sure got me runnin' 'round

Heard a voice

It told me, "Settle down"

With the moonlight as my guide

And this feelin' deep inside

I know now that

I am homeward bound

As I wander through the pines

The whisperings, they tell

Of the many before me

Who tried and fell

Seeking fortune and ways to

Get to glory days

Looking for a place

In this old world

Cruel, cruel world, must I go on?

Cruel, cruel world, I'm movin' on

I've been livin' too fast

I've been livin' too wrong

Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone

Take it away

Desert road

Desert plain

I have seen

So much pain

Now I see into

The eyes of a girl

No more, no more

Cruel world

On a dusty trail

I saw a vapor light

Was it mirage?

Don't know, but it seemed right

I felt mission, I felt trust

I knew then that I must

Go to her

Away from this cruel world

Cruel, cruel world, must I go on?

Cruel, cruel world, I'm movin' on

I've been livin' too fast

I've been livin' too wrong

Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone

Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone