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All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for the daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles its a very, very
Mad world, mad world
Children waiting for the day they feel good
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Happy birthday, happy birthday
And I feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me, what's my lesson?
Look right through me, look right through me
And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles its a very, very
Mad world, mad world, enlarging your world
Mad world
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colorlet23
@margardo7 CORRECTION... Roland Orzabal actually wrote the song. It just so happens that two different artists decided to sing it and put it on their albums. Gary just remade it and made the rest of us aware of it... his version , two decades later, made the song popular again.
SingingDiva9898
I loved Adam Lambert's take on this song when he performed it on American Idol. it was Amazing
SingingDiva9898
such a good song. i love this slow version so much, maybe even more than Tears for Fears. Don't get me wrong, i love TFF(Tears For Fears)and their version of the song, But their version hides the true meaning and impact of of the song with the dance beat.
miss_insult
why, im in love with this song now
summer7
He does an awesome job!!!
Wynema
Me love this song(:
margardo7
Ya too bad he didnt write it... Tears for Fears did
musicloverawaken
he is one of the few singers who are awake!!!!!and the song is truth!!!thanks mr.gary jules
palanci
This contains the truth of what the world and our life became. It may be sad but it is the reality that we don't want to see.... Thank you Gary.
Ola Matagi
When I hear this song I'm always reminded of the life quote "Don't worry about life cause you're never gonna make it out a live." Sometimes in life it's like you're either stumbling or sleeping through it, you sometimes literally don't have it in you to get up in the morning so you dont and while you're moving it's like everything coming at you and the world is gonna colapse on you any minute and your actually waiting for it to happen. In this song it's like the person is barely gathering everything and is afraid maybe they're not living right so they just listen and hope that's all they need but one day they figure out if that everyones playing a game and they all want something rule number one is don't trust anyone.
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