[Verse 1] You laugh with your teeth I laugh with my eyes I keep my hands folded Like pennies in a jar You call it a blessing I call it a bruise Same old porch light Shaking through the boards [Pre-Chorus] You say, "baby, don't cry" Like that makes it right But the floorboards know What the night won't hide I can smile real pretty I can bite my tongue Still the moon hangs low Like a loaded gun [Chorus] You say life is funny I don't get the joke Life is funny I don't get the joke I stood in the ashes You called it a smoke Life is funny I don't get the joke (I don't get the joke) [Verse 2] Your old truck rattles Past the churchyard gate I wear black lace gloves On a Sunday date The hound won't bark At the shape in the corn He knows some laughs Come a little torn [Pre-Chorus] You say, "baby, don't cry" Like that makes it right But the floorboards know What the night won't hide I can smile real pretty I can bite my tongue Still the moon hangs low Like a loaded gun [Chorus] You say life is funny I don't get the joke Life is funny I don't get the joke I stood in the ashes You called it a smoke Life is funny I don't get the joke (I don't get the joke) [Bridge] Maybe I'm the punchline Maybe I'm the broom Sweeping up the sorrow From the kitchen room If the graveyard grins Then let it grin at me I'll keep my boots on Til I can see [Final Chorus] You say life is funny I don't get the joke Life is funny I don't get the joke I stood in the ashes You called it a smoke Life is funny I don't get the joke (I don't get the joke) Life is funny I don't get the joke
