Everybody's Laughing

Many years ago at school I made myself look such a fool Everybody laughed (Everybody laughed) I said that I would marry her, that pretty girl in the lower year (Everybody laughed) She wondered what the fuss was all about And because she could not work it out I wrote a letter on a page And put it in her bag one day And a voice said Everybody's laughing because it's you I'm asking They don't feel that my chances are high They say that I don't have what it takes to make you love me All the same I just have to try Then it came, I had my chance to talk to her at the local dance Everybody laughed (Everybody laughed) 'Cause all the local Romeo's were trying to put on a show for her eyes (Everybody laughed) She wondered what the fuss was all about And because she could not work it out I had to let know her there And so I whispered in her ear Everybody's laughing because it's you I'm asking They don't feel that my chances are high They say that I don't have what it takes to make you love me All the same I just have to try She said she'd already made up her mind To forget about all those old, old-fashioned seat abides But she waited 'till the laughter all subsides And tell that awful crowd that she'll be mine Well, everybody's laughing because it's you I'm asking They don't feel that my chances are high They say that I don't have what it takes to make you love me All the same I just have to try Paparooopapooopa... Everybody's laughing because it's you I'm asking They don't feel that my chances are high They say that I don't have what it takes to make you love me All the same I just have to try Everybody's laughing because it's you I'm asking They don't feel that my chances are high They say that I don't have what it takes to make you love me All the same I just have to try Everybody's laughing because it's you I'm asking