Make´em laugh, make´em laugh
Don´t you know everyone wants to laugh
My dad said, be an actor, my son
But be a comical one
They´ll be standing in lines
For those old honky-tonk monkeyshines
Now you can study Shakespeare and be quite elite
And you can charm the critics and have nothin´ to eat
Just slip on a banana peel, the world´s at your feet
Make´em laugh, Make´em laugh, Make´em laugh
Make´em …
Make´em laugh
Don´t you know everyone wants to laugh
My grandpa said, go out and tell´em a joke
But give it plenty of hoke
Make´em roar, Make´em scream
Take a fall, butt a wall, split a seam
You start off by pretending you´re a dancer with grace
You wiggle till they´re giggling all over the place
And then you get a great big custard pie in the face
Make´em laugh, Make´em laugh, Make´em laugh
Make´em laugh, Make´em laugh
Don´t you know everyone wants to laugh
Make´em laugh (x6)