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They call him the laughin' man, with the laughin' plan
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He's got a laughin' place and a laughin' face

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If trouble tries to trouble in and tries to snake its rattle in
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The laughin' man begins to grin and trouble runs away
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And when the devil tries to creep into his dreams and tries to sleep
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The laughin' man a dream away a slack, a slack a day

But the laughin' man uses his laughin' plan
He's got a laughin' place and a laughin' face
So the Laughin' man uses his laughin' plan
He just grins and smiles the laugin' man's way 
Then he makes the devil curse and run away

So when you're feeling down and feelin' blue
Just think of what the laughin' man might do
Just draw yourself a nice and cozy bath
Then look in the mirror and laugh, laugh, laugh