Laughing Lyrics - 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 

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