Lyrics:

Goodbye, cruel world
Goodbye, cruel world

Oh, goodbye, cruel world, I'm off to join the circus
Gonna be a broken-hearted clown
(Ah) Paint my face with a good-for-nothin' smile
'Cause a mean, fickle woman turned my whole world upside-down

Goodbye, cruel world

Farewell to love (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm, off to join the circus
Gotta find a way to hide my tears (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Ah) Then I'll have them rollin' in the aisle
And I'll forget that woman if it takes a hundred years

Goodbye, cruel world

Oh, step right up (Ooh)
And ta a a look at a fool (Doo-da-loo-doo-doo)
He has got a heart (Doo-da-doo)
As aubborn as a mule (Doo-da-loo-doo)
(Ah-ah-ah-ah) Come on, everybody, he's good for a laugh
And no one could tell his heart is broken in half

Well, the joke's on me (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'm off to join the circus
Oh, Mr. Barnum, save a place for me (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

(Ah) Shoot me out of a cannon, I don't care
(Ah) Let the people point at me and stare
I'll tell the world that woman (Ah)
(Ah-ah) Wherever she may be
(Ah-ah) That mean, fickle woman made a cryin' clown out of me

Goodbye, cruel world

(Ah) Shoot me out of a cannon, I don't care
(Ah) Let the people point at me and stare
I'll tell the world that woman (Ah)
(Ah-ah) Wherever she may be
(Ah-ah) That mean, fickle woman made a cryin' clown out of me

Goodbye, cruel world
Goodbye, cruel world
Goodbye, cruel world