‘No corpses were hurt in the making of…’, etc. A film noir view of the world – if you choose to see it in a dark, cruel way.
Huge thanks to Mark Cawley for agreeing to co-write this with me - Mark remains the inspiration and mentor to getting me here - and he wrote the wicked melody. And he got Bob Britt to do the final soundtrack (Bob Britt has worked with Bob Dylan for many years).
Cruel World
Lyrics: Mick Evans & Mark Cawley / Music: Mark Cawley
Stand Back! - nothing to see here
chalk outline - nothin’ to say -
empty face - toothless story
nobody listenin’ anyway
Watch Out! - storm clouds a rumbling
wash your last - remnants away -
nobody knows - who lived and loved here
nobody noticed yesterday
Yeh, it’s a cruel world
if you let it be
Get lost! - searchlights a fading
only shadows – cut-throats and strays –
locked doors – beggars and strangers
nobody savin’ souls today
Yeh, it’s a cruel world
if you let it be
Running out of road
before you get it
give it everything
then just forget it
it’s a cruel, cruel world
if you let it be…
don’t let it be
Yeh, it’s a cruel world
if you let it be