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