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

I'm just as broke as the day I was born   but I
still make it work just like everybody else does.
It's all just a cruel joke and everybody knows there's no
way out.   Well, who's laughing now?
(My mama always said I would regret it) Who's laughing now?
(If I ever got a tattoo)   Who's laughing now?
(She said I'd never get a job like I ever wanted one) Who's laughing now?
(With that attitude) Who's laughing now?
(My dad said I had to learn to drive a stick shift) Who's laughing now?
(But every van I ever had was an automatic) Who's laughing now?
(My friends said someday I would make it big) Who's laughing now?
(But I'm still living in the basement)   Who's laughing now?