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Regina Spektor – Laughing With Lyrics

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No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one's laughing at God when they're starving or freezing or so very poor

No one laughs at God when the doctor calls after some routine tests
No one's laughing at God when it's gotten real late
And their kid's not back from that party yet
No one laughs at God when their airplane starts to uncontrollably shake
No one's laughing at God when they see the one they love
Hand in hand with someone else and they hope that they're mistaken

No one laughs at God when the cops knock on their door
And they say we've got some bad news, sir
No one's laughing at God when there's a famine, fire or flood

But God can be funny
At a cocktail party when listening to a good God-themed joke
Or when the crazies say He hates us
And they get so red in the head you think they're 'bout to choke

God can be funny
When told he'll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus
God can be so hilarious
Ha ha
Ha ha

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one's laughing at God when they've lost all they've got
And they don't know what for

No one laughs at God on the day they realize that the last sight they'll ever see
Is a pair of hateful eyes
No one's laughing at God when they're saying their goodbyes

But God can be funny
At a cocktail party when listening to a good God-themed joke
Or when the crazies say He hates us
And they get so red in the head you think they're 'bout to choke

God can be funny
When told he'll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus
God can be so hilarious

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one laughing at God in a hospital
No one's laughing at God in a war

No one's laughing at God when they're starving or freezing or so very poor

No one's laughing at God
No one's laughing at God
No one's laughing at God
No one's laughing at God
We're all laughing with God

Comments (4)

  • Anonymous
    This is so true. No one takes God seriously until they have no hope left to themselves. They ask him when they are in dire need. No one has faith anymore.
  • Anonymous
    is she talking about jesus or some1 else? i mean is she a christian or what? i dnt understand which god hes talking about. hopefully mine but seriously which one?
  • Anonymous
    She's talking about anyone's god. And it's not all about faith, its more about an "all the worlds a stage" kind of deal. like we're all laughing with the puppet master.
  • Fred Tucker
    She is talking about God. The only God there is. Not god. "God could be funny" not "haha" funny more like the kind of "funny" someone gets when you scratch their car or other disresprect on purpose and they don't appreciate it. They say sarcastically "yeah he's kind of funny about that"... not wanting people scratching this car.You don't want that kind of funny from Him. You're in big trouble If you're aware of Him and not doing your all following Him and what He lays out in the Bible.