Lyrics of
Wild World

Wild World was written and composed by Cat Stevens. It talks about Stevens concern for his former girlfriend, Patti DArbanville, as she ventured into the world. Stevens described the song as being about leaving someone you love. The song was part of his 1970 album, Tea for the Tillerman.

Now that I’ve lost everything to you
You say you wanna start something new
And it’s breaking my heart you’re leaving
Baby I’m griev-ing
But if you wanna leave, take good care
Hope you have a lot of nice things to wear
But then a lot of nice things turn bad out there

Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
Riff 2:
It’s hard to get by, just upon a smile
Riff 3:
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
I’ll always remember you like a child girl
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You know I’ve seen a lot of what the world can do
And it’s breaking my heart in two
But I never want to see you sad girl
Don’t be a bad girl
But if you want to leave, take good care
Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
But just remember there’s a lot of bad and beware

Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
It’s hard to get by, just upon a smile
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
I’ll always remember you like a child girl

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Baby, I love you
But if you want to leave, take good care
Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
But just remember there’s a lot of bad and beware

Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
It’s hard to get by, just upon a smile
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
I’ll always remember you like a child girl
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
It’s hard to get by, just upon a smile
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
I’ll always remember you like a child girl