Bee Gees - I Started A Joke Lyrics
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I Started A Joke Lyrics
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I started a joke, which started the whole world crying,
but I didn't see that the joke was on me, oh no.
I started to cry, which started the whole world laughing,
oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me.
I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes,
and I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that I'd said.
Til I finally died, which started the whole world living,
oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me.
I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes,
and I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that I'd said.
'Til I finally died, which started the whole world living,
oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was one me.
but I didn't see that the joke was on me, oh no.
I started to cry, which started the whole world laughing,
oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me.
I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes,
and I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that I'd said.
Til I finally died, which started the whole world living,
oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me.
I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes,
and I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that I'd said.
'Til I finally died, which started the whole world living,
oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was one me.
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I Started A Joke Info:
• The song is rumored to be about a man who does and/or says something that is distasteful and results in social alienation. Others say it's sung from the point of view of the devil.
• According to According to Robin Gibb (Bee Gees Anthology), the melancholic melody of the song was inspired by the sounds on board an aeroplane.
• Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, & Maurice Gibb share writing credits on the song. Robert Stigwood produced the track for the album 'Idea'.
• The single was released in December of 1968 and peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
• You can hear the song in the film 'Penn & Teller Get Killed'. The Wallflowers also cover this song in the comedy film 'Zoolander'.
• According to According to Robin Gibb (Bee Gees Anthology), the melancholic melody of the song was inspired by the sounds on board an aeroplane.
• Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, & Maurice Gibb share writing credits on the song. Robert Stigwood produced the track for the album 'Idea'.
• The single was released in December of 1968 and peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
• You can hear the song in the film 'Penn & Teller Get Killed'. The Wallflowers also cover this song in the comedy film 'Zoolander'.