My mind works all the time, is that why you're afraid of me ? Or is it my tattoos that you can't help but to see ? Say that I am complex, don't believe everything I read And sometimes it is so hard to explain all the things that I have seen It only hurts when I laugh It only hurts when I laugh It only hurts when I laugh It only hurts when I laugh I don't smile for pictures, my success is overdone God watches over me,you know, I'm the fortunate one Give me wings of angels, rise above self righteousness There's only so much of this ol' world my soul can digest It only hurts when I laugh It only hurts when I laugh It only hurts when I laugh It only hurts when I laugh Look a man dead in the eye, see deep within his soul Walk a mile in his shoes, you'll never know all he knows, knows Songs aren't always pretty cause the truth, it sometimes hurts And even though it's painful you know all the words I've learned to shut the world out and to let the Spirit in It's only when I'm honest that miracles begin It only hurts when I laugh It only hurts when I laugh It only hurts when I laugh It only hurts when I laugh Only hurts when I laugh Only hurts when I laugh It only hurts when I laugh It only hurts when I laugh It only hurts when I laugh