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