[ti:Laugh Man] [ar:Harry Chapin] [al:The Elektra Collection (1971-1978)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Laugh Man - Harry Chapin [00:01.75]Did you ever hear the one about [00:05.20]Oh god I love myself [00:07.88]When I've got it on [00:10.16]I know I'll live forever babe [00:12.64]All my fears are gone [00:14.68]Then suddenly I'm dying [00:17.04]They turned the laugh track off [00:19.51]I'm drowning in the silence [00:22.11]Crucified by coughs [00:26.71]Oh I am the laugh man [00:30.46]Half clown and half man [00:33.95]Half out and half in oh mister can't you see [00:40.76]I'm s'posed to leave you laughing so why don't you laugh at me [00:50.80]I started out my starvin' [00:53.35]Desperate for money [00:55.32]My belly crackin' dirty jokes [00:57.65]That did not come out funny [00:59.90]My neck stuck out so far [01:02.16]Like a gawky giraffe [01:04.55]Screaming on a guillotine [01:06.97]Come on sucker laugh [01:11.54]Oh I am the laugh man [01:15.38]Half clown and half man [01:18.80]Half out and half in oh mister can't you see [01:25.54]I'm s'posed to leave you laughing so why don't you laugh at me [01:35.37]I am the guy who always catches the pie [01:40.58]I specialize in pratfalls [01:43.94]I am the goon who flashes the moon [01:48.79]A mouse in a house of catcalls [01:53.00]I'm your jester your juggler [01:55.61]Your joker your friend [01:57.82]I'm nothing more or less [01:59.79]Than a horse's nether end [02:16.12]My ego is a bubble [02:18.17]That I realize just broke [02:21.70]And alone without a microphone [02:25.88]My real life's a joke [02:33.63]Oh I am the laugh man [02:40.07]Half clown and half man [02:45.74]Half out and half in oh mister can't you see [02:56.19]I'm s'posed to leave you laughing so why don't you laugh at me [03:06.52]I'm s'posed to leave you laughing so why don't you laugh at me [03:18.92]Did you ever hear the one about