runaways and rapists fill the streets at night broken bottles glimmer in the city lights in the alleys cold wind blows in the crowd of people in the subway trains no one looks into your eyes in the park a junkie dies aaah cruel town, it's a cruel town cold people cruel town cruel town, it's a cruel town if you fall you stay down cold city, cruel system nothing's made for people see the run down alcoes drift in the mall laws change and the goverments fall but the beggars all remain aaah cruel town, it's a cruel town cold people cruel town cruel town, it's a cruel town if you fall you stay down cold city, cruel system nothing's made for people cruel town, it's a cruel town cold people cruel town cruel town, it's a cruel town if you fall you stay down you stay down you never get up you never get up