Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Robert Palmer
Canonical path: /robert-palmer/mean-old-world
Related lyric paths: 6
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Mean Old World
Read Mean Old World lyrics by Robert Palmer on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Mean Old World
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Look around, my brother
There's a world at your command
You'd realize it
If you'd only lift your head up from your hands
Sail away from your troubles
Free as a bird up in the sky
Paradise is waiting in your mind
Ain't no use sat complaining
Woman, that life don't go our way
Idly wishing that tomorrow
Will come save us from today
Being tired of living with no money in your hand
Trying to find someone to understand
It's a mean ol' world
But it's up to us
To make it heaven, here and now
It's a mean ol' world
But it's up to us
To make it heaven, here and now
So come on, let's get together
Sharing in love and happiness
Dah etc, whooo etc
Yeah it's a mean ol' world
But it's up to us
To make it heaven, here and now
Whooo etc, dana dana etc
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Robert Palmer performs "Mean Old World", and this lyric page sits inside the Robert Palmer catalog on LyroVerse.
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