Cold, Cold World - Ohio Players

I was born across the street

From a place they call The Blues

And everything that people tell me

It always seems to be bad news

My poor mother 'fore she died

She said, «Things won’t ever change

You were born a loser

And all your life, you’ll play a game»

I just sat there and I wondered

Can this really be a

Cold, cold world to me?

Somebody oughta help me

Everything I thought was right

Always turned out to be so wrong

I had a pretty woman, yes, I did

She said our love was so strong

But I woke up one morning, Lord

Tears running down my face

A letter laying by my bedside, it read

«Your brother has taken your place»

I just sat there and I wondered

Can this really be a

Cold, cold world to me?

Somebody oughta help me, yeah, yeah

Between my drinking and my crying

Lord, there’s got to be a way

People talk about me like a dog

I feel everything they say

I’m on a train that’s going nowhere

Please change my destiny

Woman, show me just a little love

Take me in off of this dirty street

And I’ll stay there and I’ll love you

A better man you’ll never see

'Cause this is a cold, cold world to me

Somebody oughta help me right now

People talk about me like a dog

Hey, hey, yeah

Hey, hey