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Laughing

from Tales from the Sun by aidan nolan

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This was written after I drove a friend of mine to a secure ward of a psych hospital to attempt to release her friend who had been arrested and interred the previous evening on drugs charges. The friend was very much “away from it all” still when we arrived and simply sat in her restraints alternately screaming for her freedom and “laughing” hysterically. The song is written metaphorically from her point of view.

lyrics

I laugh a lot, I, I laugh a lot, don’t I
I laugh a lot, I, I laugh a lot, don’t I
Ooooh, when they asked me for more
I just walked out the door and away
Ooooh, someone called me a clown
And the word went around all the day

But, I laugh a lot, I, I laugh a lot, don’t I
I laugh a lot, I, I laugh a lot, don’t I
I, feeling lost and alone, I just hung up the phone and I read
High, every line that I wrote tangled up in my throat and my head

But, I laugh a lot, I, I laugh a lot, don’t I
I laugh a lot, I, I laugh a lot, don’t I

So many people with nothing to do
But polish their shoe, and see what I drew
So many people with too little care
But they comb their hair, making holes in the air

I laugh a lot, I, I laugh a lot, don’t I
I laugh a lot, I, I laugh a lot, don’t I
I laugh a lot, I, I laugh a lot, don’t I
I laugh a lot, I, I laugh a lot, don’t I

credits

from Tales from the Sun, released March 1, 2010
aidan nolan - Vocals and acoustic guitar
Roy Giles - Bass
John A. Bird - Piano
Doug Gallacher - Drums
Allan Luchetti - Flute
John J Francis - Percussion

Recorded and mixed by John J Francis at
Copperfield Sound Studios, Sydney, Australia

Restoration and premastering by Stephen Lightbody at
Studio 3, Brisbane, Australia
Digitally remastered by Dave Neil at
Modern Mastering, Brisbane, Australia

Produced by John J Francis

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