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Make Her Laugh

from Hurry Up and Wait by Soul Asylum

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    This one-year anniversary limited edition Soul Asylum cassette features a standard J-card and gold metallic cassette shell, and is limited to only 500 copies. All orders will include a Soul Asylum pencil as an added bonus. Shout out to those who remember why a pencil comes in handy with your cassette collection.

    Soul Asylum vocalist and guitarist Dave Pirner, says that making their twelfth studio full-length, Hurry Up And Wait, was a completely seamless, enjoyable, and productive experience. The album was co-produced with John Fields—and recorded at Minneapolis’ Nicollet Studios, the same place where the celebrated rock band recorded seminal early albums released on Twin/Tone Records—the album reflects Soul Asylum’s usual eclectic approach.

    Lyrically, songs dive into topics such as grappling with emotional and geographic disconnection, navigating romantic ebbs and flows, and the power of embracing optimism despite it all. Sonically, Hurry Up And Wait features thrashing songs indebted to punk (“Hopped Up Feelin’”) and classic rock (“Got It Pretty Good”), folk-influenced pop-rock (“Silly Things”), and gorgeous jangle-pop (lead single “If I Told You.”)

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lyrics

Woah oh oh oh
Up the river without a raft
You’ve done your worst with your better half
You better think of something fast
You better, you better make her laugh

Well it’s after hours at the break of dawn
You’ve made your bed all day long
I must be doing something wrong
Are those tears of joy or are you just cryin’?

Just when you think you’ve had enough
And you’re tired of tryin’ to suck it up
I know you can make her laugh
Like a child on a carnival ride
Laugh that mascara right off her eyes
And she’s walkin’ away, just give it one more try
I know you can, you can make her laugh

Well you can leave when you want
But please leave us laughing
Leave us wondering what the fuck just happened
Your ironic cynical sarcastic sense of humor’s
Got me wondering, if I ever had a chance

You know you can’t make her love you
But you sure can make her cry
You can’t make her make, make up her mind

Just when you think you’ve had enough
And you’re tired of tryin’ to suck it up
I know you can make her laugh
Like a child on a carnival ride
The mascara right off her eyes
And she’s walkin’ away, give it one more try
I know you can, you can make her laugh

And I’m bombin’ tonight
Crickets fill the sky
I’m dyin’ on the vine
When I see you smile again
Well I can make her laugh

Now I’m first in line for the last word now
None of the sadness or madness has yet to die down
There’s nothing left to do but laugh out loud
It was all just a joke anyhow

So, make her laugh
Like a child on a carnival ride (make her laugh)
Laugh that mascara right off her eyes (make her laugh)
As she’s walking away, just give it one more try
I know you can, you can make her laugh

Make her laugh
Make her laugh
Make her laugh

I know you can, you can make her laugh

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from Hurry Up and Wait, released April 17, 2020

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Soul Asylum Los Angeles, California

Soul Asylum is vocalist/guitarist Dave Pirner, drummer Michael Bland, lead guitarist Ryan Smith and bassist Winston Roye. In 2020, the quartet released Hurry Up And Wait, landing the band their highest Billboard Chart positional since 1995. HUAW reflects Soul Asylum's usual eclectic approach: thrashing songs indebted to punk and classic rock, folk-influenced pop-rock, and gorgeous jangle-pop. ... more

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