Laughing

Song Laughing
Artist The Stranglers
Album Aural Sculpture

Lyrics

[00:33] You could have wasted yourself in a plane in the air
[00:43] But lead poisoning from your daddy to me just didn't seem fair
[00:54] Committing the crime of taking your time
[01:04] You're laughing we're carving
[01:08] Your name in a tree for the kids to see
[01:15] We hear ya, we fear your ecstasy
[01:21] You paid the penalty
[01:26] You could have wasted away on the floor of a hotel room
[01:37] With the hand of a working girl to lead you into your tomb
[01:47] Committing the crime of taking your time
[01:58] You're laughing we're carving
[02:01] Your name in a tree for the kids to see
[02:09] We hear ya, we fear your ecstasy
[02:15] You paid the penalty
[02:42] You could have hung your hat on a pretender's lust for fame
[02:51] But you refused to lay it down
[02:56] It took your old man to live in shame
[03:02] For committing the crime of taking your time
[03:12] You're laughing we're carving
[03:17] Your name in a tree for the kids to see
[03:24] We hear ya, we fear your ecstasy
[03:30] You paid the penalty