Well you take yourself so serious
You take yourself so serious
What else are you supposed to do
The chaos seems to follow you around

And you take yourself so serious
You take yourself so serious
If you ever think you claim to be
You should know there's plenty more to see

And the critics never get it
Girls never get it
If no one ever gets it
At least you made the most of it

It's a great big world, it's true
No ones gonna laugh at you
It's a great big world, it's true
No ones gonna laugh at you
If you laugh first
If you laugh first

And you take yourself so serious
You take yourself so serious
Love will only get you so far
You weren't put on this planet to smoke no damn cigar

And you take yourself so serious
You take yourself so serious
If you never see the light
Maybe you gotta bleed a little first
To get this story right, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh…

And if the critics never get it
Girlfriend never gets it
If no one ever gets it
At least you made the most of it

It's a great big world, it's true
No ones gonna laugh at you
and it's a great big world, it's true
No ones gonna laugh at you
and It's a great big world, it's true
No ones gonna laugh at you
and It's a great big world, it's true
No ones gonna laugh at you

You know you gotta laugh at yourself first
You know you gotta laugh at yourself
You know you gotta laugh at yourself first
You know you gotta laugh at yourself
You know you gotta laugh at yourself first
You know you gotta laugh at yourself
You know you gotta laugh at yourself
You know you gotta laugh at yourself first…