Laughing - The Stranglers

You could have wasted yourself in a plane in the air

But lead poisoning from your daddy to me just didn’t seem fair

Committing the crime of taking your time

You’re laughing we’re carving

Your name in a tree for the kids to see

We hear ya, we fear your ecstasy

You paid the penalty

You could have wasted away on the floor of a hotel room

With the hand of a working girl to lead you into your tomb

Committing the crime of taking your time

You’re laughing we’re carving

Your name in a tree for the kids to see

We hear ya, we fear your ecstasy

You paid the penalty

You could have hung your hat on a pretender’s lust for fame

But you refused to lay it down

It took your old man to live in shame

For committing the crime of taking your time

You’re laughing we’re carving

Your name in a tree for the kids to see

We hear ya, we fear your ecstasy

You paid the penalty