Don't Laugh Songtext
von Stephen Sondheim

Show me a glass of water
I′ll show you a soggy dress
Show me a tube of toothpaste
I'll show you a mess

Show me a fresh laid side walk
And guess where my foot prints are
Show me a fire hydrant
I′ll show you my car

Show me the latest dance step
I'll show you the latest fall
Show me the train to Boston
I'll show you St. Paul

Show me a hundred lighters
I′ll show you the one that won′t
Show me a priceless vase
No don't!


Maybe it′s my name
Maybe it's my face
Maybe it′s my both
All I know is
Show me a cancelled party
I'll show you the only guest

Show me an open manhole
And I′ll do the rest
Show me a broken window
I'll show you a bat and ball

Show me the boat to Europe
I'll show you St. Paul

Ask me to give directions
I′ll give you a vacant lot
Show me a knot that′s tangled
I'll show you a tangled knot

Show me a nest of hornets

Maybe it′s my name
Maybe it's my face
Maybe it′s my both

Maybe I can do
Don't laugh
Good


Maybe I can do
Don′t laugh
Well

Maybe you could be
Who knows proud

Alright, so laugh
But not too loud

If I can convince
Don't laugh
Me

Why can't I convince
Don′t leave
You

Give me half a chance
Just half
And then
Don′t laugh
Maybe I could be proud of me too

If I can convince
Don't laugh
Me

Why can′t I convince
Don't leave
You

Give me half a chance
Just half
And then
Don′t laugh
Maybe I could be proud of me too

Show me a barren hillside
I'll should you a field of grass
Show me an empty schoolroom
I′ll show you a class

Show me a epidemic
I'll show you a board of health
Show me a starting people
Show me an insurrection
Show me a restless native
Show me the way they get there

Show me what's on your clipboard

Sally is gonna do
Don′t laugh
Good

Sally is gonna do
Don′t laugh
Well

Everything is gonna be
You'll watch
Fine

You hear a laugh
That laugh is mine

Everything will be done
I hope
Right

Everything will be right
Don′t ask
How

Look at it all fall
Into place
Maybe it's my name
Maybe it′s my face

Show me a job to do
And I'll show you now