In 1998, songwriter Allen Shamblin had something on his heart and dealt with it the only way he knew how, through music.
Because of what was going on in his life at the time, Shamblin wrote the Mark Wills hit “Don’t Laugh At Me”.
According to Lancasteronline, Shamblin was inspired to write the tun...
[Verse 1]
I'm a little boy with glasses
The one they call the geek
A little girl who never smiles
'Cause I've got braces on my teeth
And I know how it feels
To cry myself to sleep
I'm that kid on every playground
Who's always chosen last
A single teenage mother
Tryin' to overcome my past
You don't have to be my friend
Is it too much to ask?
[Chorus]
Don't laugh at me, don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
In God's eyes, we're all the same
Someday we'll all have perfect wings
Don't laugh at me
[Verse 2]
I'm the cripple on the corner
You pass me on the street
I wouldn't be out here beggin'
If I had enough to eat
And don't think that I don't notice
That our eyes never meet
I lost my wife and little boy
Someone crossed that yellow line
The day we laid 'em in the ground
Is the day I lost my mind
Right now I'm down to holdin'
This little cardboard sign
[Chorus]
Don't laugh at me, don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
In God's eyes, we're all the same
Someday we'll all have perfect wings
Don't laugh at me
[Bridge]
I'm fat, I'm thin, I'm short, I'm tall
I'm deaf, I'm blind, hey, aren't we all?
[Chorus]
Don't laugh at me, don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
In God's eyes, we're all the same
Someday we'll all have perfect wings
Don't laugh at me
Don’t Laugh At Me was written by Steve Seskin & Allen Shamblin.
Don’t Laugh At Me was produced by Carson Chamberlain.
Mark Wills released Don’t Laugh At Me on Sat Jun 13 1998.
“Don’t Laugh At Me” peaked at #2 on the Hot Country Songs chart, #73 on the Hot 100 chart, and #2 in Canada.
Yes! Wills performed “Don’t Laugh At Me” live for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals: