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, got no time left to stall They say the old laughing lady dropped by to call And when she leaves, she leaves nothing at all
There's a fever on the freeway, blacks out the night There's a slipping on the stairway, just don't feel right And there's a rumbling in the bedroom and a flashing of light And there's the old laughing lady, everything is all right Everything is all right Old laughing lady, everything is all right