They were laughing at the bar about the girl with the big butt Saying they ain’t never seen nothing like that slut And how could anybody ever think about bein’ with her?
Joey likes to drink and when he drinks he likes to fight and his buddies think it makes for a pretty funny Friday night when Joey gets all liquored up and takes a swing and causes a stir
CHORUS The whole world is full of laughter But the high is wearing thin I’m praying someone somewhere gently will bring the sadness back in
Underneath the mattress where he keeps his cash Is a bunch of magazines he calls his secret stash It’s a life that he ain’t never lived But man he’d love to give them dice a roll
And every time he flinches while he’s flippin’ through the stack He tells himself that anything that paper might lack Is made up by the fact that every woman there is under his control
CHORUS All these promises of freedom In the bondages of sin I’m praying someone somewhere gently will bring the sadness back in
BRIDGE Everybody’s aching underneath their skin But all of ‘em are laughing as they’re bein’ sworn in To testify, so help them God, that everybody here’s having a blast