I started a joke which started the whole world crying but I didn't see that the joke was on me oh no I started to cry which started the whole world laughing oh' I'd if only seen that the joke was on me I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes and I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I'd said Til I finally died which started the whole world living oh' if I'd only seen that the joke was on me I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes and I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I'd said Til I finally died which started the whole world living oh' if I'd only seen that the joke was on me that the joke was on me