Be careful, it's a mad world You're walking with the snakes in the grass Yeah it's a mean world, people crazy Don't ever turn your back on the night 'Cause lurking in the shadows there are monsters Worse than the tigers and bears Living in the jungle, it's a nightmare Now don't say I didn't warn ya Be careful, it's a strange world You're singing in a drunkard's choir They're grinning and they're laughing while they're lying Picking your bones till you're dead, man Walking on thin ice, in the deep end It's a dead-end, tread lightly on the fire With caution 'cause there's danger Now don't say I didn't warn ya Be careful, it's a cruel world Poppa won't hear your cries 'Cause it's a cold world, as it turns and turns You're never getting out alive Oh, don't be foolish, run far away from this place You're falling too fast into the end of days Be careful little eyes what you see And don't say I didn't warn ya