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I Get To Make You Laugh

from Buddha Pesto Manifesto by Dave Caruso

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I Get to Make You Laugh
Words & Music © 2017 by Dave Caruso

I should wash my mind with soap whenever you go walking by
It's always been the same
I help you with your game
You never look as happy going home as when you came
That's part of what I'd say
I'd tell you straight away
But I know he's spoken for you, so it wouldn't be okay

You flash a dutiful smile in his photograph
He gets to hold you but I get to make you laugh
It's hard for me to focus while I concentrate on your back swing
I notice it begin
The moment you lean in
A million new vibrations buzzing underneath my skin
If I could follow through
I'd say these things to you
But since you're taken with him, there is nothing I can do

So who's to say which of us gets the better half?
He gets to hold you, but I get to make you laugh

Some guys don't recognize a good thing
He sees how you make him look
But I see you when no one is looking

All this is nothing new
I know a thing or two
But you're beholden to him, so I won't be holdin' you

So tell me: who is the "have not" and who's the "have?"
He gets to hold you, but I get to make you laugh

Yeah, I'm a winner at losing -- I've done the math
He gets to hold you, but I get to make you laugh

And while I might've lost sight of who's laughing last
He gets to hold you, but I get to make you laugh

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from Buddha Pesto Manifesto, released October 27, 2017

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Dave Caruso is a melodic pop songwriter, indie recording artist & music educator from Detroit, MI.

Dave offers a series of livestream songwriting courses at his website.

He's also the creator and host of SongwriterStories.com, a songwriting and music discovery podcast, featuring fascinating interviews with songwriters like Matthew Sweet, Marshall Crenshaw, Vicki Peterson and Tony Macaulay. ... more

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