The odds were a hundred to one against me
The world thought the heights were too high to climb
But people from Missouri never incensed me
Oh, I wasnÔÇÖt a bit concerned
For from histÔÇÖry I had learned
How many, many times the worm had turned
They all laughed at Christopher Columbus
When he said the world was round
They all laughed when Edison recorded sound
They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother
When they said that man could fly
They told marconi
Wireless was a phony
ItÔÇÖs the same old cry
They laughed at me wanting you
Said I was reaching for the moon
But oh, you came through
Now theyÔÇÖll have to change their tune
They all said we never could be happy
They laughed at us and how!
But ho, ho, ho!
WhoÔÇÖs got the last laugh now?
They all laughed at Rockefeller center
Now theyÔÇÖre fighting to get in
They all laughed at Whitney and his cotton gin
They all laughed at Fulton and his steamboat
Hershey and his chocolate bar
Ford and his misery
Kept the laughers busy
ThatÔÇÖs how people are
They laughed at me wanting you
Said it would be, "hello, goodbye."
But oh, you came through
Now theyÔÇÖre eating humble pie
They all said weÔÇÖd never get together
Darling, letÔÇÖs take a bow
For ho, ho, ho!
WhoÔÇÖs got the last laugh?
He, hee, hee!
LetÔÇÖs at the past laugh
Ha, ha, ha!
WhoÔÇÖs got the last laugh now? "
