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My mama always said I would regret it
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if I ever got a tattoo.
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She said I'd never get a job like I ever wanted
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one with that attitude.
[Verse 2]
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My dad said I had to learn to drive a stick shift
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but every van I ever had was an automatic.
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My friends said someday I would make it big
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but I'm still living in the basement.
[Chorus]
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I'm just as broke as the day I was born
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but I still make it work just like everybody else does.
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It's all just a cruel joke and everybody knows
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there's no way out. Well, who's laughing now?
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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The TV said that I would never get a girlfriend
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unless I had a six pack and smoked cigarettes.
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Well, I've got a couple extra pounds and the hottest girl in
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town, she don't mind having a little more of me to go around.
[Chorus]
A Dm A# F
I'm just as broke as the day I was born but I still make it
A Dm A# F
work just like everybody else does.
A Dm A# F
It's all just a cruel joke and everybody knows there's no
A Dm A# F
way out. Well, who's laughing now?
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Who's laughing now?
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Who's laughing now?
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Who's laughing now?
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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The preacher told me this was the only just a pipe dream
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and I've been burning both ends seven days a week.
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But, baby, I just paid rent making music with my friends,
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it ain't much but it could be the start of something big.
[End-Chorus]
A Dm A# F
I'm just as broke as the day I was born but I
A Dm A# F
still make it work just like everybody else does.
A Dm A# F
It's all just a cruel joke and everybody knows there's no
A Dm A# F
way out. Well, who's laughing now?
A Dm A# F
(My mama always said I would regret it) Who's laughing now?
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(If I ever got a tattoo) Who's laughing now?
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(She said I'd never get a job like I ever wanted one) Who's laughing now?
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(With that attitude) Who's laughing now?
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(My dad said I had to learn to drive a stick shift) Who's laughing now?
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(But every van I ever had was an automatic) Who's laughing now?
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(My friends said someday I would make it big) Who's laughing now?
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(But I'm still living in the basement) Who's laughing now?