Laughing-The Stranglers

[00:33]You could have wasted yourself in a plane in the air [00:43]But lead poisoning from your daddy to me just didn't seem fair [00:54]Committing the crime of taking your time [01:04]You're laughing we're carving [01:08]Your name in a tree for the kids to see [01:15]We hear ya, we fear your ecstasy [01:21]You paid the penalty [01:26]You could have wasted away on the floor of a hotel room [01:37]With the hand of a working girl to lead you into your tomb [01:47]Committing the crime of taking your time [01:58]You're laughing we're carving [02:01]Your name in a tree for the kids to see [02:09]We hear ya, we fear your ecstasy [02:15]You paid the penalty [02:42]You could have hung your hat on a pretender's lust for fame [02:51]But you refused to lay it down [02:56]It took your old man to live in shame [03:02]For committing the crime of taking your time [03:12]You're laughing we're carving [03:17]Your name in a tree for the kids to see [03:24]We hear ya, we fear your ecstasy [03:30]You paid the penalty