Rebecca Kilgore

They All Laughed

Rebecca Kilgore


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They all laughed at Christopher Columbus 
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When he said the world was round
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They all laughed when Edison recorded sound
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They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother 
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When they said that man could fly
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They told Marconi wireless was a phoney 
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It's the same old cry
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They laughed at me wanting you
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Said I was reaching for the moon
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But oh, you came through now 
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They'll have to change their tune
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They all said we never could be happy
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They laughed at us, and how
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But ho, ho, ho, who's got the last laugh now
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They all laughed at Rockefeller Center
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Now they're fightting to get in
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They all laughed at Whitney and his cotton gin.
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They all laughed at Fulton and his steam boat
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Hershey and his choc'late bar
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Ford and his Lizzie kept laughers busy
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That's how people are.  They laughed at me wanting you
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Said it would be hello, goodbye
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But oh, you came through now 

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They're eating humble pie
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They all said we'd never get together
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Darling, let's take a bow
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For ho - ho - ho, who's got the last laugh
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He - he - he, let's at the past laugh
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Ha,  ha,   ha, who's got the last laugh now