Laugh First
Words and Music by Lisa Locke, 2000
1. I've heard of you lately
Married with a family of your own
I hear you smile freely
Once you thought you’d always be alone
I have a picture of you
Paint runs down your arms in streams like veins
I have an image of you
All alone on a dry and cracking plain
I have always been a sucker for artists in pain
Chorus: We thought we’d always be two open wounds
Bleeding into each other ‘til we sealed together
‘Til we sealed together
Maybe we should have laughed first, then cried
So we wouldn’t have to spend the whole time crying
Maybe we should have laughed first, then cried
I’m still trying to learn
2. When we were first together
We told every fantasy and fear
And we thought we understood, then
Guess we thought the love was in the tears
I was not the one to teach you
That you were whole like everybody else
‘Cause I admit I liked you broken
Guess I wanted you all to myself
I have only figured that out
After all these years