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Artist: The Residents
Canonical path: /the-residents/nobody-laughs-when-they-leave
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Nobody Laughs When They Leave
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Nobody Laughs When They Leave
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Everyone comes to the Freak Show
To laugh at the Freaks and the Geeks
Everyone comes to the Freak Show
But nobody laughs when they leave.
We are only equal in the grave and in the dark
Said a man whose head was halfway eaten by a shark
Now if you ask me why I would continue on like this
I doubt that I would know so I could only make a guess
Half a mouth may not be much but it's still half a kiss.
Everyone comes to the Freak Show
To laugh at the Freaks and the Geeks
Life is a lot like the Freak Show
Nobody laughs when they leave.
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