The Old Laughing Lady

Don't call pretty Peggy, she can't hear you no more

Don't leave no message 'round her back door

They say the old laughing lady been here before

She don't keep time, she don't count score

You can't have a cupboard if there ain't no wall

You got to move, there's no time left for you to stall

They say the old laughing lady dropped by to call

And when she leaves, she leaves nothing at all

See the drunkard of the village falling on the street

He can't tell his ankles from the rest of his feet

He loves his old laughing lady 'cause her taste is so sweet

But his laughing lady's loving ain't the kind he can keep

No, his laughing lady's loving ain't the kind he can keep

There's a fever on the freeway, blacks out the night

And there's a slippin' on the stairway just don't feel right

And there's a rumbling in the bedroom and a flash of light

There's the old laughing lady, everything is alright

There's the old laughing lady, everything is alright

Oh, guilty train, don't whistle my way again

Guilty train, don't whistle my way again