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Artist: Eddy Clearwater
Canonical path: /eddy-clearwater/messed-up-world
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Messed Up World
Read Messed Up World lyrics by Eddy Clearwater on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Messed Up World
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This is a crazy mixed up world
People it seems like one great big curse
This is a crazy mixed up world today
People it seems like one great big curse
Things gotta get better real soon
Cause they can`t hardly get much worse
This is a cruel cruel cruel world
You have to live in each and every day
This is a cruel cruel cruel world
You have to live in each and every day
You can`t hardly trust your next door neighbor
Or they just might steal your life away
You know I`m tryin` my best
Just to send my kids to school
But gangs and guns are takin` over
That`s why everybody`s got the blues
What a cruel cruel cruel world
People it seems like one great big curse
Things gotta get better real soon
Cause they can`t hardly get much worse
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Eddy Clearwater performs "Messed Up World", and this lyric page sits inside the Eddy Clearwater catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Came Up The Hard Way and Mayor Daley's Blues with a short reason for opening each page next.
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