[Verse 1: Mark Knopfler]
Don't you love the sound
Of the last laugh, my friend
Don't you love the sound
Of the last laugh, at the end

[Pre-Chorus: Mark Knopfler]
Down in the gutter with the mad old soldiers
Down in the scuppers with the drunken sailors
Down in the gutter with the mad old soldiers

[Chorus: Mark Knopfler]
But the last laugh, baby, is yours
And don't you love the sound
Of the last laugh going down

[Verse 2: Van Morrison]
Games you thought you'd learned
You neither lost nor won
The dreams have crashed and burned
You still keep on, keepin' on

[Pre-Chorus: Van Morrison]
Out on the highway with the road gang working
Up on a mountain with a cold wind blowing
Out on the highway with the road band working
[Chorus: Van Morrison]
But the last laugh, baby, is yours
And don't you love the sound
Of the last laugh going down

[Pre-Chorus: Mark Knopfler, Van Morrison]
They had you crying but you came up smiling
They had you crawling and you came up flyin'
They had you crying and you came up smiling

[Chorus: Mark Knopfler, Van Morrison]
And the last laugh, baby, is yours
And don't you love the sound
Of the last laugh goin' down
Well, don't you love the sound
Of the last laugh, goin' down