Frank Sinatra - They All Laughed lyrics

Writer(s): gershwin/gershwin<br><br>The odds were a hundred to one against me<br>The world thought the heights were too high to climb<br>But people from missouri never incensed me<br>Oh, I wasn't a bit concerned<br>For from hist'ry I had learned<br>How many, many times the worm had turned<br><br>They all laughed at christopher columbus<br>When he said the world was round<br>They all laughed when edison recorded sound<br>They all laughed at wilbur and his brother<br>When they said that man could fly<br><br>They told marconi<br>Wireless was a phony<br>It's the same old cry<br>They laughed at me wanting you<br>Said I was reaching for the moon<br>But oh, you came through<br>Now they'll have to change their tune<br><br>They all said we never could be happy<br>They laughed at us and how!<br>But ho, ho, ho!<br>Who's got the last laugh now? <br><br>They all laughed at rockefeller center<br>Now they're fighting to get in<br>They all laughed at whitney and his cotton gin<br>They all laughed fulton and his steamboat<br>Hershey and his chocolate bar<br><br>Ford and his lizzie<br>Kept the laughers busy<br>That's how people are<br>They laughed at me wanting you<br>Said it would be, hello, goodbye.<br>But oh, you came through<br>Now they're eating humble pie<br><br>They all said we'd never get together<br>Darling, let's take a bow<br>For ho, ho, ho!<br>Who's got the last laugh? <br>Hee, hee, hee!<br>Let's at the past laugh<br>Ha, ha, ha!<br>Who's got the last laugh now?