Cruel World

Cruel, cruel world, must I go on? Cruel, cruel world, I'm moving on I've been living too fast I've been living too wrong Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone This big old world sure got me running 'round I heard a voice, it told me, "Settle down" And with the moonlight as my guide And with this feeling deep inside I know now that I'm homeward bound And 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 moving on I've been living too fast I've been living too wrong Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone Desert roads, desert plains 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 vapour light Was it a 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 moving on I've been living too fast I've been living too wrong Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone