The Joke
Flock of Dimes * Track #3 On If You See Me, Say Yes
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Album If You See Me, Say Yes
- #1Sometimes It Is Right...
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- #2Birthplace
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- #3The Joke
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- #4Everything is Happening Today
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- #5Semaphore
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- #6Ida Glow
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- #7Flight
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- #8Apparition
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- #9Given/Electric Life
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- #10Minor Justice
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- #11You, The Vatican
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- #12…To Have No Answer
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The Joke Lyrics
The young, the old, the dead
And you and I presently traveling west
Chasing the sun
See where once it was
It will be again
And I have lived a charmed life
The hand of fate rests on my shoulder
Still I get the joke
Try to make you laugh
It speaks for itself
The child I’ll never have
The stranger on the sidewalk
All who’ve ever lived
Now are waking up
To wish us luck
The Joke Q&A
Who wrote The Joke's ?
The Joke was written by Jenn Wasner.
Who produced The Joke's ?
The Joke was produced by Jenn Wasner.
What did Flock of Dimes say about "The Joke"?
“This is one of my favorite songs I’ve ever written. It’s about falling in love, of course. And it’s about the great cosmic joke — the ridiculous, sometimes sad absurdity of life, and the endless circularity of it all. And about somehow still believing in a kind of personal magic — a narrative of me...