Lyrics Ray Stevens – Don’t Laugh Now
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Recitation:
We’ve known each other since we were in school.
You always thought I was a crazy fool.
‘Guess everyone thinks I’m quite a clown, yeah, the life of the party, fun to have around.
I know it’s out of character for me to act this way, but… start singing the chorus:
Don’t Laugh Now. ‘Cause I’m in love with you.
Don’t Laugh Now. I know you could never love me too.
And I don’t mean to embarrass you by letting my feelings show.
It’s not like me to let you see me lose my self control.
Don’t Laugh Now. Wait’ll I leave.
Just this once forgive me for wearing my heart on my sleeve.
But I couldn’t hold it any longer.
I just had to let you know.
Don’t Laugh Now, wait’ll I go.
Don’t Laugh Now, wait’ll I go.
Recitation:
You had a lot of sweethearts and I watched you love ’em.
You had a lot of friends and I was just one of ’em.
Someone to pick you up when love would go wrong.
Help you through the rough times when you were all alone.
All those many nights I held you and you never knew what I was feeling in my deepest heart for you.
A cornball, paliachhi, who has no right to say the foolish words I blurted out today… start singing the chorus again