Cruel, cruel world, must I go on?

Cruel, cruel world, I′m moving on

I've been living too fastAnd I′ve been living too wrong

Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone

This big old world sure got me running round

Heard a voice that told me, "Settle down"

With the moonlight as my guide

And with this feeling deep inside

I know now that I'm homeward bound

As I wondered 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

And I've been living too wrong

Cruel, cruel world, I′m gone

(Take it over there)

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 the 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 moving on

I've been living too fast

And I′ve been living too wrong

Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone

Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone