I saw a girl flip a stroller
That was holding her baby sitter
Her mother screamed and came runnin
I couldn't believe what I'd seen

It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world!

There's a man on my corner
He's been layin face down for days
I don't walk by that corner
When I go to work I walk another way

It's a cruel world, a cruel cruel world!

I don't know just what you've done
I probably couldn't believe what you've seen
As we get older it gets clearer
And I'm sure we could all agree
It's a cruel world
A cruel cruel world!