The World Is Mean

All I'm asking isn't much Once, instead of all the sadness From a man, a little gladness Is that asking very much? Is that asking such a much? One right is guaranteed to everybody To call his short unhappy life his own To take a little pleasure from a shoddy And when he asks for bread to eat, not get a stone This right is guaranteed to everybody But sad to say, it never yet has happened That things turn out the way they ought to go Who wouldn't want a little decent treatment? It seems that circumstance won't have it so I would gladly give to you Anything your heart desires Oh, I swear, I'd bе inspired It would give me plеasure too It would give me pleasure too We crave to be more kindly than we are Give gladly to the poor because it's right If all are kind, his kingdom isn't far Who wouldn't wish to bask beneath his light? We crave to be more kindly than we are But sad to say, the chances happen never You'd have to reach up high and man is low We'd all be glad to live in peace forever But you know circumstance won't have it so Of course I'm telling you the truth The world is mean and man uncouth To be aglow instead of low But you know circumstance won't have it so To be aglow instead of low But you know circumstance won't have it so The world is mean and man uncouth And sad to say, I tell the truth It always happens that way It always happens that way And nothing much will help a lot And you can toss it in the pot