I walk in a crowd, hidin` tears I can`t cry out loud I can`t let them see me cry `Cause they don`t care if I live or die And it`s a mean old world, let me tell you It`s a mean old world when you need someone
I sit in my room, it`s a room filled with gloom I sit and wait for the telephone But no one cares if I`m all alone And it`s a mean old world, let me tell you It`s a mean old world when you need someone
Sometime`s, my friends don`t understand me Sometime`s they can be so cruel All I hope, is someday I`ll find Someone to love my whole life through
I walk down the street, hide my face from the people I meet They don`t see the tears in my eyes They don`t care or even realise That it`s a mean old world, let me tell you It`s a mean old world when you need someone
It`s a mean old world when you need someone It`s a mean old world, babe I need someone It`s a mean old world, oh I need someone