I started a joke Which started the whole world crying But I didn't see, oh no That the joke was on me, oh no I started to cry Which started the whole world laughing Oh, if I'd only seen That the joke was on me I looked at the skies Running my hands over my eyes And I fell out of bed Hurting my head from things that I'd said 'Till I finally died Which started the whole world living Oh, if I'd only seen That the joke was on me I looked at the skies Running my hands over my eyes And I fell out of bed Hurting my head from things that I'd said 'Till I finally died Which started the whole world living Oh, if I'd only seen That the joke was on me That the joke was on me That the joke was on me