Comedy - Bo Burnham

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[Intro]

The world is c

hanging

The planet's h

eating up
           
What the fuck 

             
is going on?

Rearranging
           
It's like ever

              
ything happene

         
d all at once
              
Um, what the f

            
uck is going o

           
n?
           
The people ris

             
ing in the str

            
eets, the war,

     
 the drought
           
The more I loo

              
k the more I s

             
ee nothing to 

      
joke about
        
Is comedy over

?

Should I leave

 you alone?
            
'Cause, really

             
 who's gonna g

            
o for joking a

     
t a time like 

this?
             
Should I be jo

            
king at a time

        
 like this?

[Pre-Chorus]
            
I wanna help t

             
o leave this w

             
orld better th

            
an I found it
            
And I fear tha

      
t comedy won't

 help
             
And the fear i

            
s not unfounde

  
d
            
Should I stop 

              
trying to be f

 
unny?
            
Should I give 

            
away my money?

     
 No!

    What do I 

do?

[Pre-Verse]
            
      Healing 

             
the world with

      
 comedy
             
The indescriba

            
ble power of y

     
our comedy
            
    The world 

         
needs directio

n
              
From a white g

      
uy like me (Bi

ngo)
              
Who is healing

              
 the world wit

     
h comedy
That's it!

[Verse 1]
          
The world is s

            
o fucked up
             
Systematic opp

ression
            
Income inequal

 
ity

The other stuf

f
             
And there's on

              
ly one thing t

              
hat I can do a

      
bout it...
            
While... while

              
 being paid, a

   
nd being the c

enter of atten

tion

[Chorus]
          
Healing the wo

           
rld with comed

y
             
Making a liter

            
al difference,

     
 metaphoricall

y
            
A Jew walks in

     
to a bar
              
And I've saved

       
 him a seat
              
That's healing

     
 the world wit

h comedy

[Verse 2]
            
I'm a special 

              
kind of white 

    
guy
             
I self-reflect

              
ed and I wanna

            
 be an agent o

  
f change
              
So I am gonna 

        
use my privile

ge for the goo

d

(Very cool, wa

y to go!)
            
American white

     
 guys
             
We've had the 

              
floor for at l

        
east 400 years
              
So maybe I sho

            
uld just shut 

           
the fuck up
N.C.
...I'm bored
            
I don't wanna 

       
do that
             
There's got to

            
 be another wa

y (Yes)
             
For me to help

              
 out without s

            
tanding on the

   
 sidelines (Ne

ver)
            
The wait is ov

    
er!
             
I'm white, and

             
 I'm here to s


ave the day!
            
Lord help me c

              
hannel Sandra 


Bullock in The

 Blind Side (S

andra Bullock!

)

[Chorus]
          
Healing the wo

           
rld with comed

y
             
Making a liter

            
al difference,

     
 metaphoricall

y
            
And yes, most 

             
likely they'll

  
 pay me
              
But I'd do it 

    
for free
              
I am healing t

     
he world with:

 Comedy

[Bridge]
            
If you wake up

             
 in a house th

             
at's full of s

moke
              
Don't panic, c

            
all me and I'l

             
l tell you a j

  
oke
            
If you see whi

             
te men dressed

     
 in white cloa

ks
              
Don't panic, c

            
all me and I'l

            
l tell you a j


oke
           
Oh shit, shoul

              
d I be joking 

            
at a time like

   
 this?
           
If you start t

              
o smell burnin

   
g toast
              
You're having 

            
a stroke or ov

             
ercooking your

 
 toast
            
If you wake up

             
 in a house th

             
at's full of s

moke
              
Don't panic, c

            
all me and I'l

             
l tell you a j

  
oke
            
If you see whi

             
te men dressed

     
 in white cloa

ks
              
Don't panic, c

            
all me and I'l

            
l tell you a j


oke
           
Oh shit, shoul

              
d I be joking 

            
at a time like

   
 this?
            
Somebody help 

              
me out, 'cause

 
 I don't know

[Pre-Chorus]
            
And I wanna he

             
lp to leave th

             
is world bette

            
r than I found

    
 it
            
And I fear tha

      
t comedy won't

 help
             
And the fear i

            
s not unfounde

    
d
            
Should I stop 

              
trying to be f

 
unny?
            
Should I give 

            
away my money?

     
 No!
            
I know what I 

 
gotta do!

[Chorus]
           
Healing the wo

             
rld with comed


y
             
Making a liter

             
al difference,

     
 metaphoricall

y
           
I swore I'd ne

       
ver be back
              
But now I'm ba

         
ck on my feet
              
And I'm healin

             
g the world wi

   
th comedy

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