Eels - Hello Cruel World lyrics

Hello cruel world so this is you<br>A broken heart a withered view<br>I'm looking out to face another day<br><br>The angry mob, the happy mass<br>This birthday cake may be the last<br>I'm looking out to find another way<br><br>Norman rockwell colors fade<br>All my favorite things have changed<br>What the hell,<br>Hello cruel world<br><br>I thought I heard an opera star<br>Who had no home under the stars<br>She sang and sang and sang the night away<br><br>And mother nature changed her name<br>She doesn't want to play the game<br>I don't believe she'll ever be the same<br><br>So big brother never came<br>Howdy-doodie gets the blame<br>But what the hell<br>Hello cruel world<br><br>Fat and beautiful and strange<br>Monkeys dancing in a cage<br>But what the hell<br>Hello cruel world<br><br>Venus de milo grew an arm<br>And old mcdonald bought the farm<br>Say goodbye<br>Hello cruel world<br><br>Norman rockwell colors fade<br>All my favorite things have changed<br>But what the hell, hello cruel world<br><br>Fat and beautiful and strange<br>Monkeys dancing in a cage<br>But what the hell<br>Hello cruel world<br><br>Say goodbye, hello cruel world<br><br>But what the hell<br>Hello cruel world<br>Hello hello<br>Ooooh ooooh<br>Hello cruel world