Goodbye Cruel World

By Gloria Shayne
James Darren
Key: C

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Good-bye cru-el world,
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I’m off to join the cir-cus
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Gon-na be a bro-ken-heart-ed clown
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Paint my face with a good-for-noth-in’ smile
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Be-cause a mean, fick-le wom-an
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turned my whole world up-side down

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Fare-well to love, I’m off to join the cir-cus
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Got-ta find a way to hide my tears
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Bet I’ll have them a-roll-ing in the aisle
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And I’ll for-get that wom-an
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if it takes a hun-dred years

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Step right up, take a look at a fool
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He’s got a heart as stub-born as a mule
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C’m-on ev-‘ry-bod-y, he’s good for a laugh
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And no one can tell his heart is bro-ken in half
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Well, the joke’s on me,
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I’m off to join the cir-cus
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M-r. Bar-num, save a place for me
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Shoot me out of a can-non, I don’t care
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Let the peo-ple point at me and stare
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I’ll tell the world that wom-an,
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wher-ev-er she may be
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That mean, fick-le wom-an
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made a cry-in’ clown out-ta me

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