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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A
versão de Cat Stevens:
A
versão de Jimmy Cliff:
A
versão de James Blunt: