Laugh At All The Fools
Bob A. Feldman
A folk song/love song--written in NYC during summer of 1975--about escaping temporarily from the Death Culture's world of 9-to-5 wage slavery, finding romantic love and "some paradise in the middle of this hell" and laughing at "all the fools" who exploit U.S. working-class people and rule over all of us.
We've found some paradise in the middle of this hell
We've found some rare beauty inside this poisonous well
You kiss me in the morning, you hug me in the afternoon
You lick me in the evening and we laugh at all the fools.
(chorus)
Laugh at all the fools when they yell "get a dull job!"
Laugh at all the fools when they try to sell you love
Laugh at all the fools when they order you to kill
Laugh at all the fools when they try to control your will.
(additional verses)
We've feasted in the night and we've awakened in the dawn
We've hitched out to the country and we've sung a lot of songs
We've danced in parks and bars and we've put down those who rule
We've learnt much from each other and we've laughed at all the fools. (chorus)
We've read our share of books and listened to many bores
We've got our share of looks and we've heard the subways roar
We've seen the garbage pile as high as a prison-like school
We've lived a life of leisure and laughed at all the fools. (chorus)
Yes, we've found some paradise in the middle of this hell
We've found some rare beauty inside this poisonous well
You kiss me in the morning, you hug me in the afternoon
You lick me in the evening and we laugh at all the fools