1061 – Cat Stevens – Wild world (1970)

Escrita por Cat Stevens, foi gravada em 1970 e lançada no disco Tea for the tillerman, em 23 de novembro de 1970. Foi feita para sua esposa de então, a atriz Patti D'Arbanville. Fala do fim de um relacionamento. Quando lançada como compacto, chegou ao número 11 nos charts pop americanos.

Foi regravada por Jimmy Cliff, James Blunt, Bette Midler, Jose Feliciano, The Ventures e Garth Brooks, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

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 grieving

But if you want to 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

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

You know I've seen a lot of what the world can do
And it's breaking my heart in two
Because 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
Beware

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

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
Beware

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

Ooh baby baby, it's a wild world
And it's hard to get by just upon a smile
Ooh baby baby, it's a wild world
And I'll always remember you like a child, girl

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