I Gotta Laugh So I Don'T Cry
Sometimes I Gotta Laugh, So I Don't Cry
Am I the punch line for life’s cruel joke?
Bad luck follows me, don’t ask me why
Oh geez, I think I’m gonna need a smoke
Moved to a small town to meet some nice folk
One said, "Come on over for some apple pie!"
I came home to my belongings, all gone or broke
Sometimes I gotta laugh, so I don't cry
After cleaning the inside, as it was a pigsty
I found the outside to be covered in yolk
A house in what kind of town did I buy!
Am I the punch line for life’s cruel joke?
The next morning to a new challenge, I awoke
A tornado had come down from the sky
Through my new houses roof was a fallen oak
Bad luck follows me, don’t ask me why
My humor has gone from jovial to wry
As I tried to relax in the tub for a soak
Snow came through the roof hole I patched *Sigh*
Oh geez, I think I’m gonna need a smoke
After earthquakes, termites, an angry cowpoke
I thought the end to my pitfalls was certainly nigh
Should have knocked on wood or thought before I spoke
I sit alone with no toilet paper, not even one ply
Sometimes I gotta laugh….
November 15, 2022
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Copyright © Hat Bueckert | Year Posted 2022
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