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Public Image Ltd
That What Is Not
Cruel

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Public Image Ltd

Cruel

Release date: 1992

From That What Is NotTrack 35:19

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"Cruel" is a single by Public Image Ltd, from the album That What Is Not, released 1992. The track is 5:19 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Public Image Ltd.

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Public Image Ltd

Public Image Ltd

Lyrics

Cruel

Body and soul, an animal
As a sword, swing double edged
Dig deep down, that monthly frown
You have the tools, to make men fools
Cruel, cruel, cruel
Cruel, cruel, cruel
Cruel, cruel, cruel
(It's so cruel)
Cruel, cruel, cruel
Cruel, cruel, cruel
Cruel, cruel, cruel
Cleopatra, the rat catcher
Preambling eyeball shopping
Measuring, your next victim
Too good to be sin, far too entertaining
Cruel, cruel, cruel
Cruel, cruel, cruel
Cruel, cruel, cruel
(You're so cruel)
Cruel, cruel, cruel
Cruel, cruel, cruel
(So cruel)
Cruel, cruel, cruel
She said, "The most evil thing I can do
Is to give my body to you"
Silhouette, the suffragette
Behind the scenes the deadly schemes
Your best nightmare, without a prayer
From ship to shore paramour amour
Cruel, cruel, cruel
Cruel, cruel, cruel
Cruel, cruel, cruel
(So cruel)
Cruel, cruel, cruel
Cruel, cruel, cruel
Cruel, cruel, cruel
Inside our head, twenty two to lead
The modern miss, with modern gifts
In the tragedy hilarity
Never sin, far too entertaining
Cruel, cruel, cruel
Cruel, cruel, cruel
Cruel, cruel, cruel

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Track details

From That What Is Not

5:191992Single

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Album

That What Is Not

Public Image Ltd

Track number

3

Release year

1992

1Acid Drops
6:35
2Luck's Up
4:08
3Cruel
5:19
4God
5:33

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Public Image Ltd — Strange (from End of World) [3:32]
Public Image Ltd — Pretty Awful (from End of World) [4:51]
Public Image Ltd — L F C F (from End of World) [4:36]
Public Image Ltd — Being Stupid Again (from End of World) [4:32]
Public Image Ltd — Dirty Murky Delight (from End of World) [2:29]
Public Image Ltd — Down on the Clown (from End of World) [4:21]
Public Image Ltd — Hawaii (from End of World) [3:31]
Public Image Ltd — The Do That (from End of World) [2:38]
Public Image Ltd — Penge (from End of World) [3:04]
Public Image Ltd — North West Passage (from End of World) [4:40]
Public Image Ltd — End of the World (from End of World) [5:26]
Public Image Ltd — Car Chase (from End of World) [3:46]
Public Image Ltd — Walls (from End of World) [3:20]
Public Image Ltd — The Order of Death (WLDV SlowMo edit)
Public Image Ltd — Turkey Tits (Bonus Track) (from What the World Needs Now…) [2:06]
Public Image Ltd — Bettie Page (from What the World Needs Now…) [3:21]
Public Image Ltd — Whole Life Time (from What the World Needs Now…) [3:46]
Public Image Ltd — Know Now (from What the World Needs Now…) [2:46]
Public Image Ltd — Shoom (from What the World Needs Now…) [6:31]
Public Image Ltd — Corporate (from What the World Needs Now…) [5:23]
Public Image Ltd — C'est la vie (from What the World Needs Now…) [6:08]
Public Image Ltd — I'm Not Satisfied (from What the World Needs Now…) [5:44]
Public Image Ltd — The One (from What the World Needs Now…) [3:42]
Public Image Ltd — Spice of Choice (from What the World Needs Now…) [5:44]
Public Image Ltd — Big Blue Sky (from What the World Needs Now…) [8:15]
Public Image Ltd — Double Trouble (from What the World Needs Now…) [3:52]
Public Image Ltd — Reggie Song / Out of the Woods
Public Image Ltd. — Reggie Song [5:49]
Public Image Ltd. — Usls1 (Live from NYC 2010) [7:03]
Public Image Ltd. — 4 Enclosed Walls (Live from NYC 2010) [4:09]
Public Image Ltd. — Out of the Woods [9:41]
Public Image Ltd. — Disappointed (Live from NYC 2010) [6:54]
Public Image Ltd. — Psychopath (Live from NYC 2010) [6:23]
Public Image Ltd. — Warrior (Live from NYC 2010) [7:19]
Public Image Ltd — It Said That (from This is PiL) [4:09]
Public Image Ltd — One Drop (from This is PiL) [4:52]
Public Image Ltd — This is PIL (from This is PiL) [14:54]
Public Image Ltd — Terra-Gate (from This is PiL) [3:47]
Public Image Ltd — I Must Be Dreaming (from This is PiL) [4:14]
Public Image Ltd — Fool (from This is PiL) [5:52]
Public Image Ltd — Deeper Water (from This is PiL) [6:08]
Public Image Ltd — Reggie Song (from This is PiL) [5:49]
Public Image Ltd — Out of the Woods (from This is PiL) [9:41]
Public Image Ltd — Lollipop Opera (from This is PiL) [6:54]
Public Image Ltd — This Is Pil (from This is PiL) [3:39]
Public Image Ltd — Human (from This is PiL) [6:02]
Public Image Ltd — The Room I Am In (from This is PiL) [3:07]
Public Image Ltd — Lollipop Opera (from One Drop) [6:54]
Public Image Ltd — The Room I Am In (from One Drop) [3:07]
Public Image Ltd — I Must Be Dreaming (from One Drop) [4:14]
Public Image Ltd — One Drop (from One Drop) [4:52]
Public Image Ltd. — Open Up [10:40]
Public Image Ltd. — This is Not a Love Song [6:40]
Public Image Ltd. — Albatross [8:26]
Public Image Ltd. — Flowers of Romance [2:49]
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Public Image Ltd. — Death Disco [6:00]
Public Image Ltd. — Memories [5:45]
Public Image Ltd. — Public Image [3:38]
Public Image Ltd. — Chant [5:21]
Public Image Ltd. — Warrior [6:22]
Public Image Ltd. — Break [2:00]
Public Image Ltd. — Religion [8:57]
Public Image Ltd. — Bags [2:23]
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Public Image Ltd. — Ease [8:14]
Public Image Ltd. — Rise [6:05]
Public Image Ltd. — F.F.F. [5:32]
Public Image Ltd. — Fishing [5:20]
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Public Image Ltd — Think Tank (from That What Is Not) [4:40]
Public Image Ltd — Unfairground (from That What Is Not) [5:17]
Public Image Ltd — Luck's Up (from That What Is Not) [4:08]
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Public Image Ltd — Poptones (BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session) (from John Peel Session (10th December 1979)) [4:32]
Public Image Ltd — Careering (BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session) (from John Peel Session (10th December 1979)) [7:33]

(This Is Not a) Love Song (Live)
6:28
Annalisa (Live)
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Bad Life (Live)
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Banging the Door (Live)
4:55
Death Disco (Live)
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Flowers of Romance (Live)
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Low Life (Live)
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Religion (Live)
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Solitaire (Live)
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Under the House (Live)
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