Lisa kept our spirits up I can't think of her without smiling But she ran away again And that made all of us so sad Usually, they found her within a day She couldn't get far on foot with no money She wouldn't be hard to identify She never ate and she never slept Lisa never watched TV She had nothing but scorn for those who did She smiled at us and we smiled back When she got back, when she got back We'd ask her how it was out there It's a mean world, it's a mean world She said It's a mean world, it's a mean world She said It's a mean world, it's a mean world She said