Comedians - The Riverboat Gamblers

Wanna hear a joke?

Wanna have a laugh?

I can be the punch line

Laugh at myself, laugh at my past

My past is so transparent

If you bring a rope

I can tie the noose

They call this a sight gag

Watch me twist and shake, watch me go loose

I go loose

In half-filled halls with false applause

Pointing out all my flaws

Comedians, ha ha ha

Comedians, ha ha ha

Prat falls and drunken heckles

Somewhat jaded and beacon crowd

Comedians, ha ha ha

Comedians, ha ha ha

Tragedy can split up

You can’t hold on and you cry

Now there is an open manhole

I fall in and die, fall in and die

And I die

In half-filled halls with false applause

Pointing out all my flaws

Comedians, ha ha ha

Comedians, ha ha ha

Prat falls and drunken heckles

Somewhat jaded and beacon crowd

Comedians, ha ha ha

Comedians, ha ha ha

At the end of the day

It was really only you that wanted to laugh at me

I think I figured out how to make this work

The funnier I get, the more that I get hurt

In these half-filled halls with false applause

Pointing out all my flaws

Comedians, ha ha ha

Comedians, ha ha ha

Prat falls and drunken heckles

Somewhat jaded and beacon crowd

Comedians, ha ha ha

Comedians, ha ha ha

Comedians, ha ha ha

Comedians, ha ha ha