Cold Cruel World

from Ah, Cremenville by The Exploding Jazzookahs

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It’s a cold cruel world
You make a cold cruel world
You make a cold cruel world in a world without love

You didn’t start the wars that
Were the cause of people seeking refuge
So you close your door without a pause
That stream becomes a deluge
Then you rebrand them as migrants
Not just families fleeing violence
And you pass yourself some new laws
To make damn sure they stand no chance

It’s a cold cruel world
You make a cold cruel world
You make a cold cruel world in a world without love

You speak of kindness to the stranger
But the destitute are scroungers
And the homeless are just vagrants
And the dying lack insurance
Such a high view from your tower
Let’s test the power of your world views:
See you walk each waking hour
When your kids don’t even have shoes

And every Sunday you get up and preach
That someday there’s a reckoning
For all hypocrites who talk of love
Yet turn away its begging
Well if God is love where is your love?
The hope you give your brothers?
I think God is just your ego
A tower you stand on to judge others

Go on and fashion your compassion
Round ideas that make you look good
You can tell your friends to fear those
Fleeing people who have no food
You’re a hero in your mirror
Every time you check out your lies
But that mirror will break one day
Pray your God sees it through your eyes

It’s a cold cruel world
It’s a cold cruel world
It’s a cold cruel world
In a world without love

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from Ah, Cremenville, released July 22, 2020
Performed by Pete M Wyer with additional vocals by Lynsey Tibbs

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