the simple guitar version please post corrections The Byrds Laughing written by David Crosby David Crosby I though I had met a man who said he knew a man Who knew what was going on I was mistaken only another stranger that I knew And I thought that I had found a light to guide me thru the night and all it's darkness I was mistaken only reflection of a shadow that I saw And I though that I had seen someone who seemed at last to know the truth I was mistaken it was only a very small child but he was laughing laughing In the sun oh oh oh oh oh oh In the sun in the sun in the sun Copyright @ 1971 Guerrilla Music(BMI)/Stay Straight Music(BMI) From the "The Byrds" LP Asylum Records 1973 From If I Could Only Remember My Name Atlantic Records