(Mason, Slamer, Ward)    Long, hot summer night, kisses by the street light   Button up, missed the bus, you'll never be home   For midnight...   It's a cruel world, it's a cruel world    Krushchev, Kennedy, a little piece of history   Daddy said we're coming close, we took it with a pinch of glory   What a cruel world...    Heaven for the holidays, heroes on the radio   Heaven for the holidays, searching for a place to go   Hiding in the alleyway, choking on a cigarette   Heaven for the holidays, the sun's awful red   And it scares me to death    Back seat, heartbeat, making out from memory   Hands up, heads low, eyes looking out   The window...   At the cruel world...    Space talk, moonwalk, it's all right, Ma   Prime time merchandise, it certainly pays to advertise   In the cruel world..    these lyrics are submitted by burkul