Merle Haggard — Laugh It Off

If you find yourself in lock-up, write a song about a jail And if you set your boat on fire in the middle of a gale If you lose your only lover, go find something sweet and soft And laugh it off, ha ha ha ha, laugh it off If a joke about the police don't go over with a bang If you tell 'em you're a singer, they don't like the way you sing Then get yourself an attorney, go out, and play some golf And laugh it off, ha ha ha, laugh it off Hey, don't get mad when you lose at 21 Just roll the dice and go on having fun And get some Humboldt marijuana Guaranteed to make you cough And laugh it off, ha ha, laugh it off, son If you get yourself a ticket, second one in thirty days And the courthouse can't find records for the ones already paid If you should get pneumonia with an everlasting cough Laugh it off, ha ha Hey, don't get mad when you lose at 21 Just roll the dice and go on having fun And get some Humboldt marijuana Guaranteed to make you cough And laugh it off, ha ha ha (Here comes Don He's had some, he's had some Well...) Don't get mad when you lose at 21 Just roll the dice and go on having fun And get yourself a good attorney Take him out and play some golf And laugh it off Ha ha, laugh it off Ha ha ha ha ha ha