Make 'em laugh
Make 'em laugh
Don't you know everyone wants to laugh?
My dad said "Be and actor, my son, but be a comical one"
They'll be standing in lines for those old honky-tonk monkeyshines
You can study Shakspeare and be quite elite
You could charm the critics and have nothing to eat
Just slip on a banana peel, the world's at you feet
Make 'em laugh
Make 'em laugh
Make 'em laugh
Make–
Make 'em laugh
Don't you know everyone wants to laugh?
My grandpa said "Go out and tell them a joke, but give it plenty of hoke"
Make 'em roar
Make 'em scream
Take a fall, butt a wall, split a seam
You could start by pretending your a dancer with grace
Then you wiggle 'till they're giggling all over the place
Then you get a great big custard pie in the face
Make 'em laugh
Make 'em laugh
Make 'em laugh
Make 'em–
What?–
My Dad–
They'll be standing in lines for those old honky-tonk monkeyshines
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Make 'em laugh
Make 'em laugh
Make 'em laugh
Make 'em laugh!