Goodbye Cruel World:James Darren. #3 in 1961. Goodbye cruel world(x2) #1. Oh, goodbye cruel world, I'm off to join the circus. Gonna be a broken-hearted clown. Paint my face with a good-for-nothin' smile, cause a mean, fickle woman, turned my whole world upside down. (Goodbye cruel world.) #2. Farewell to love, I'm off to join the circus. Gotta find, a way to hide my tears. Bet I'll have them rolling in the aisle, and I'll forget that woman, if it takes a hundred years. Goodbye cruel world. Oh, oh, oh, step right up and take a look at a fool. He's got a heart as stubborn as a mule. 'mon everybody, he's good for a laugh. And no one could tell his heart is broken in half. #3. Well, the joke's on me, I'm off to join the circus. Oh, Mr. Barnum, save a place for me. Shoot me out of a cannon, I don't care. Let the people point at me and stare. I'll tell the world that woman, wherever she may be, that mean, fickle woman, made a cryin' clown outta me. (Goodbye cruel world.) (INTERLUDE:) #4. Shoot me out of a cannon, I don't care. Let the people point at me and stare. I'll tell the world that woman, wherever she may be, that mean, fickle woman, made a cryin' clown outta me. Goodbye cruel world(x4)(Fade.) A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.