Cool World Lyrics

Living for the weekend

Working for the grind

Files in the briefcase

And business on the mind

Saving up for something

A brand new shiny toy

One you don't require

And don't enjoy

No rest for the weary

Who race to get ahead

Going for the gold

But going broke instead

Trying to get a leg up

By stepping on some toes

Crippling each other but

Everybody knows

Innocence like tempers

Needs to be conserved

You know you've lost it when you lose it

At least that's what I've heard

It's a cruel, cruel, world

The world is like a factory

With gnashing metal gears

But this machine isn't working

It hasn't been for years

And people are like products

Built only to break

I think planned obsolescence

Was a mistake

Here's to second guessing!

I used to be so sure

But now that I am confessing

I'm not that anymore

I've lost my confidence in

The people at the top

Making all the money

And calling shots

"A home is all we wanted!'

The bankers all agree

"We'll help you up to here in debt

That's how it's supposed to be"

Cause it's a cruel, cruel world

America, the beauty

So lonely by herself

She's made and lost a fortune

And compromised her health

She doesn't have insurance

The bill is coming due

America your eyes are red

You're black and blue

Nations always crumble

Rome was bound to fall

But really in the abstract

Aren't we all?

It's a cruel, cruel world

There's beauty and disorder

As boundless as the sea

I hope it makes more sense to you

Than the sense it makes to me

And here we are in free-fall

Singular in space

The universe above us

A holy place

A feeling is a feeling

The bad comes with the good

I want to understand it

And to be understood

Cause it's a cool, cool world