Correction Lyrics Words, Words, Words (Martin’s Laughing Song) by Leonard Bernstein

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Free will. Humanity. Love. 
Huh. Hah. 
(sung)
Ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Words, words, words, words
I have no words
To describe the vanity of life
The insane inanity of life
I have no words, but ha!

'Mid grime and slime
Why waste our time
Spouting some Spinoza monograph
Even one short Shakespeare epitaph
They make me laugh, but wait!

It just occurred to me
A word that may just possibly
Apply to all of us
Trapped on this ball of dust
Two tiny syllables but spiny syllables
One single word: absurd
Ha! Absurd
Ha! Absurd
Ha ha ha ha!
Absurd! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Don't make me laugh
It hurts to laugh
Oh, oh
Whoa, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!

Don't make me laugh!
Don't make me t**ter!
All wheat is chaff
All pills are bitter
Nothing to trust in
This worst of all possible worlds
All еnds in dust in
This worst of all possible worlds

Any questions?
Don't ask them now
Thеy're useless anyhow
Were you in my position, friend
Were you a humble sweeper
Your thoughts on man's condition, friend
Would be a little deeper

If every blessed day, my friend
Brought dung and bone and spittle
For you to clear away, my friend
'Twould change your mind a little

Yes, dung and bone and spittle
And mud and trash
And blood and ash
And souvenirs of lust
And every sort of residue
In process of reduction
To the final state of dust
You'd laugh along with me, my friend
You'd laugh until you'd bust!

Ha!
Ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
(spoken)
Huh. Heh. Pphff. Druhh. Braah. 
(sung)
Ha!!

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