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