Last Long Laugh

I was a teenage porcupine
A bed of nails running down my spine
A trail of tears up a hill of beans
A last long laugh at the edge of dreams

Nobody told you about the curves
The battered brains and the busted nerves
But you can't let the bastards bring you down
A last long laugh at the edge of sound
Last long laugh at the edge of sound

How many times around the sun ’til you drop your leaves & say you're done?
To be such a houseplant is no crime
A last long laugh at the edge of time
Last long laugh at the edge of time

Need I remind you about the end -
The gaping void just around the bend?
But why would I waste one single breath?
A last long laugh at the edge of death
Last long laugh at the edge of death