Laughing With
Regina Spektor
Far (2009)

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 news, sir
No one's laughing at God when there's a famine, fire or
flood

But God can be funny
At a cocktail party when 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 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 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 a 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
No one's laughing at God
We're all laughing with God