Jokers

Five hours of Karaoke last night.

Croaking out of tune, lotsa beers plus spirits and fooling around like a bunch of giggly teenagers.

And then this 1968 song by the Bee Gees came on before closing time. We just sat there and listened to Robin Gibb's plaintive vocals for a good 2 minutes. Then joined him in earnest for a rousing, melancholic chorus since in more ways than one, we were kinda like Jokes ourselves...

I started a joke
Which started the whole world crying
But I didn't see
That the joke was on me

I started to cry
Which started the whole world laughing
Oh had I only seen
That the joke was on me

I looked at the sky
Rolling my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed
Cursing my head from things that I said

'Till I finally died
Which started the whole world living
Oh had I only seen that the joke was on me

I looked at the sky
Rolling my hands
Over my eyes
And I fell out of bed
Cursing my head from things that I said

'Till I finally died
Which started the whole world living
Oh had I only seen that the joke was on me
Oh no! that the joke was on me
Oh...