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 Heard a voice, it told me settle down With the moonlight as my guide And this feeling deep inside I know now that I'm homeward bound 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 road, desert plain I have seen, so much pain Now I see into the eyes of a girl No more, no more, 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 On a dusty trail I saw a vapour lie 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, I've been living too wrong Cruel, cruel world, I'm gone 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