I know the penny will drop
The mask will slip
The music will stop
There are tears on the microphone
I'm so afraid
If I get found out
Do I still get paid
I walk the line
On the great divide
Between selling my soul
And losing my pride
And I got wounds that never will heal
Cos the cruellest cuts
You never even feel
I'm circling round the drain
I'm circling round the room
I never mind the pain
Yes but I just can't seem to close these wounds
Ooo baby it's the cruellest cut
You only want what you ain't got
You say you're happy
But I know you're not
Ooo baby it's the cruellest cut
Yeh well I'm walking with the dickswagger
Back to the car
That's how I'm living honey
Behind the bar
And I got a woman
She's a rare wildflower
Blooms by night
Paid by the hour
I crush a Vicodin
Into my Sprite
One more show
And then I'm off for the night
But sometimes I just lie here
Screaming in the dark
The cruellest cuts
Never leave a mark
Don't tell me you feel free
I see it in your eyes
You don't think much of me
To think I'd
Really fall for your disguise
Ooo baby it's the cruellest cut
You only want
What you ain't got
You say you're happy
But I know you're not
Ooo baby ooo it's the cruellest cut uhuh
You see me in the lights
Up on the stage
Blinded by emptiness
And hollowed by rage
Crippled by the company
That I keep
The cruellest cuts
They run so deep
Well should I let it all out
Or keep it inside
That's either murder
Or suicide
I thought I was an outlaw
But I'm not
Oo babe
Ain't that the cruellest cut
Oo baby it's the cruellest cut
My face is numb
My nerves are shot
There ain't a name
For the sickness I got
Oo baby oo it's the cruellest cut uhuh
It's the cruellest cut alright
It's the cruellest cut uhuh
Oo baby oo
It's the cruellest cut
Baby it's the highway fever
It's the lonely waiting
It's the payphone to nowhere
It's the white-line fever
Cruellest cut
Cruellest cut