What if we lived in a world without laughter?

A simple joke would be a disaster

And a tickle game would surely be spaz wars

We'd tear each other up a little faster

Cause watching someone slip would be sadness

And slipping someone else would be badness

And slipping on your own, well sheer madness

So that small impulse of gladness is just a...

Chorus

Beautiful sweet agony, its just a beautiful sweet agony

It's the one good natured self-defense 'gainst the torment of this world

V2

Cause if we did not laugh, a dirty shirt would just be offensive

A high-school prank would be a life sentence

And a funny look could leave you a bruised hide

To self-deprecate would just lead to suicide

Cause nobody would take nothing easy

And there would be no cure to mere teasing

And we would take ourselves much to seriously

Without that quick and blissful breathing, that's just a

Chorus

Beautiful sweet agony, its just a beautiful sweet agony

It's the one good natured self-defense 'gainst the torment of this world

Bridge

I don't want to get high

Must be something else to keep me from crying

Dry my eyes cause I don't want to get high

Must be something else to keep me from crying

V3

What if we lived In a world without laughter

There'd be no forgiving

So we wouldn't be living

Chorus