Laugh To Keep From Crying

Lyrics

I can't lock my door
Oh, I don't have no privacy
The only thing that's mine
Is what's inside of me

When I've had enough
A little voice inside
It says you've got to be tough
You've got to take it in stride

Sometimes I am foolish
I let it get the best of me
At least I know that my mistakes
Are my responsibility

And I just have to laugh
To keep from crying
I just have to laugh
To keep from crying

I don't have a dime
Oh, to buy those pretty things
But I hear all the evidence
You know it all sounds the same

But I'm still waiting
I've got my hands open wide
You know my dream isn't fading
I keep it hidden inside

Oh I just have to laugh
To keep from crying
I just have to laugh
To keep from crying
I just have to laugh
To keep from crying
I keep on trying

My friends don't understand
Oh, they think I've lost my mind
And I'm choking back the tears
I've got to swallow my pride

I just have to laugh
To keep from crying
I just have to laugh
To keep from crying

I just have to laugh, ah
La, ah
Lo, oh
La, ah

Credits

Written by Madonna and Steve Bray
Produced by Madonna and Steve Bray

Album

Song

In the early 80s Madonna and Steve Bray recorded a few demo's. A few would be used on Madonna's first album, others appeared on the -unofficial- albums Pre-Madonna and In The Beginning several years later. Most of them - like Laugh To Keep From Crying - were never officially released.