I Wanna Make the World Laugh (From "Mack and Mabel")

I Wanna Make the World Laugh - Musical Cast Recording

Heartbreak and passion

May both be in fashion

But i wanna make the world laugh

Let others do drama of sin and disgrace

While i throw a fish in the heroine's face

To keep them in stitches

I burn the star's britches

And saw cousin sally in half

Let mister griffith deal with humanity's woes

I'd rather film the guy with the fly on his nose

My goal and my mission

My burning ambition

Is i wanna make the world laugh

Some have a leaning

For dark hidden meaning

But i wanna make the world laugh

Let other directors film tragic romance

But i like a hero with ants in his pants

Nothing i've found is

As sweet as that sound is

The music that fattens the calf

My great new plot is not about tyranny's lash

It deals with itching powder and papa's mustache

The curse i've been blessed with

Completely possessed with

Is i wanna make the world laugh

Heartbreak and passion

May both be in fashion

But i wanna make the world laugh

Let others do drama of sin and disgrace

While i throw a fish in the heroine's face

To keep them in stitches

I burn the star's britches

And saw cousin sally in half

The curse i've been blessed with

Completely possessed with

Is we wanna make the world laugh

Laugh

We wanna make the world laugh