Mark Knopfler, Van Morrison - The Last Laugh lyrics

Don't you love the sound
Of the last laugh, my friend
Don't you love the sound
Of the last laugh, at the end

Down in the gutter with the mad old soldiers
Down in the scuppers with the drunken sailors
Down in the gutter with the mad old soldiers

But the last laugh, baby, is yours
And don't you love the sound
Of the last laugh going down

Games you thought you'd learned
You neither lost nor won
The dreams have crashed and burned
You still keep on, keepin' on

Out on the highway with the road gang working
Up on a mountain with a cold wind blowing
Out on the highway with the road band working

But the last laugh, baby, is yours
And don't you love the sound
Of the last laugh going down

They had you crying but you came up smiling
They had you crawling and you came up flyin'
They had you crying and you came up smiling

And the last laugh, baby, is yours
And don't you love the sound
Of the last laugh goin' down
Well, don't you love the sound
Of the last laugh, goin' down