This Bitter Earth – Jackie Wilson (originally by Dinah Washington)

This bitter earth
What fruit it bears
What good is love
That no one shares
And if my life is like the dust
That hides the glow of a rose
What good am I
Heaven only knows

Lord, this bitter earth
Can be so cold (yes it can)
Today you might be young
Too soon, you’re old
But while a voice within me cries
Maybe someone may answer my call
Then this bitter earth
May not be so bitter, bitter after all