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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys
Programming
Chris Lowe
Chris Lowe
Keyboards
Neil Tennant
Neil Tennant
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Maurice Gibb
Maurice Gibb
Songwriter
Barry Gibb
Barry Gibb
Songwriter
Robin Gibb
Robin Gibb
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys
Producer
Pete Gleadall
Pete Gleadall
Additional Engineer
Bob Kraushaar
Bob Kraushaar
Mixing Engineer
Tim Young
Tim Young
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I started a joke
Which started the whole world crying
But I couldn't see
That the joke was on me
Oh no
[Verse 2]
I started to cry
Which started the whole world laughing
Oh, if I'd only seen
That the joke was on me
[Verse 3]
I looked at the skies
Running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed
Hurting my head from things that I'd said
[Verse 4]
Till I finally died
Which started the whole world living
Oh, if I'd only seen
That the joke was on me
[Verse 5]
I looked at the skies
Running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed
Hurting my head from things that I'd said
[Verse 6]
Till I finally died
Which started the whole world living
Oh, if I'd only seen, oh yeah
That the joke was on me
That the joke was on me
Oh, the joke was on me
Written by: Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb

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