A song by Regina Spektor (listen):
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 poorNo 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 their party yetNo 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 mistakenNo 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 floodChorus
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 haHa 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 forNo 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 goodbyeschorus
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’s 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 poorNo 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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