People Laugh - Venice

There’s a man who’s just a fraction of the man he used to be

Knows he won’t last very long

'Cause the shadow in his body has taken all that he can see

And it’s so hard to be strong

So hard to be strong

Another man makes people laugh in a room filled with smoke

He’s got them all in his hands

Then he talks about the victims like it’s nothing more than a joke

And I don’t understand

People laugh while people cry

Do we ever stop to wonder why

Talkin bout somebody’s life

People laugh… while people cry

There’s a man who has to share his death with those who gave him life

Now it’s a life cut in half

His bed is like a prison though he’s done nobody wrong

Tell me ain’t that a laugh?

Is it really so easy to kick a man that’s down

'Cause he don’t live his life like you do?

Do you really think the hand of God would make such a sound?

Tell me do you think that’s true?

I don’t believe that everybody is to blame

But if we do nothing then we’re one and the same

One and the same

People laugh as if the dead and gone had never really died

Is it really so impossible to find some compassion inside?

You know we’re talking bout somebody’s life

People laugh… while people die