When people are mean    When people are bad    It usually means    That somewhere inside they are sad       Well I should know    'Cause I used to be cruel    That was a long time ago    Baby before I met you       You gave me your love    And you showed me one more thing    That it's usually just a sadness inside    When people are mean       When somebody hates    A brother who is free    They might be looking right at him    But still never see    Then progress gets thrown away    Like some old magazine    You see there's only so much madness to hide    When people are mean       Sometimes all I wanna do    Is baby run away with you    Forget about the world and fly away       But that wouldn't be real    And we can't live in dreams    We've got to learn to face the truth    No matter how hard it seems       So I wanna thank you    For showing me something I'd never seen    That it's usually just a sadness inside    When people are mean