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 new, sir,”
No one’s laughing at God
When there’s a famine, fire or flood
But God can be funny
At a cocktail party while 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 that they’re about 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 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
No one’s laughing at God
We’re all “laughing with God”
by Regina Spektor, from her fifth album, "Far", released on Regina’s MySpace on May 8, 2009; official release on May 18
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ReplyDeletewow, aside from it being completely stupid its not even a good poem or song whatever its trying to be. hell i laugh at god all the time and he dosent smite me, pft im on top of the wold with a great job, great house and enough money to pay my bills and much much more. every time another great thing happens to me i say "Thanks god but lay of me and feed a hungry african kid will ya? oh yeah you wont. haha!!!"
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