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Doorways open up and close
More ways to a punch line
They're all laughing at your clothes
Standing in the lunch line

You're the talk of the town
'Cause you're up, then you're down
It's a cycle, I've found
It always comes around

But I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing

Air raids in the afternoon
The children are playing
Switchblades, colored red balloons
No one hears you praying

And it comes back to you
All the things that you do
They'll come looking for you
They'll come looking for you

But I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing

Doorways lead to other rooms
Always leave you lying
Face down in a stranger's tomb
Didn't know you were dying

And you rise and you fall
And you wait for the call
You're watching the walls
You're watching the walls

But I will still be laughing
I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing
I will still be laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing

Laughing

I will still be laughing
Yes, I will still be laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing

Laughing

Trivia

• Was performed on The Late Show With David Letterman on May 9, 1997.

Appearances

• On the soundtrack to BASEketball.
• On the compilation Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum.
• On the album Candy From A Stranger.
• On Candy From A Stranger & Live At the Palais Royale.
• On the I Will Still Be Laughing single.
• On I Will Still Be Laughing +8.
• On the compilation Playlist: The Very Best of Soul Asylum.
• On Radio Sampler.
• On the compilation Shift Gears '98, Vol. 3.
• On The Candy Sampler.