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Artist: Regina Spektor
Track: Laughing With

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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 the party yet

No one laughs at God when their airplane start 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 got some bad news, sir
No one's laughing at God when there's a famine or fire or flood

But God can be funny
At a cocktail party when listening to a good God-themed joke, or
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
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 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, we're all laughing with God
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Genius Meanings
Regina Spektor – Laughing With
In Laughing With, Regina Spektor looks at how God, the being who created all things, is viewed differently at different moments in life. It’s easy to think the idea of God is
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This song reveals the true meaning of life through an individual’s events in their own life. From the death of a loved one, the loss of innocence, and Regina’s own revelation.
Regina Spektor – Genius Next Door
[Verse 1] / Some said the local lake had been enchanted / Others said it must have been the weather / The neighbors were trying to keep it quiet / But I swear that I could hear the
SongTell Meaning
Meaning of "Laughing With" by Regina Spektor
"Laughing With" by Regina Spektor speaks about how people don't usually laugh at God in their times of crisis, but at times, it seems like God is making a ...
Genius Albums
Laughing With EP by Regina Spektor
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Live In London by Regina Spektor
Live in London was released in 2010, following Far, Spektor’s fifth studio album. It consists of a live (duh) concert performance from London’s Hammersmith Apollo Theatre. The