It is easy to laugh when the skies are blue and the sun is shining bright; Yes, easy to laugh when your friends are true and there is happiness in sight; But when hope has fled and skies are grey, and the friends of the past have turned away, Ah, then indeed its a heros feat to conjure a smile in the face of defeat.

Its easy to laugh when the storm is over and your ship is safe at port; Yes, easy to laugh when you're on the shore secure from tempest's sport; But when wild waves wash over the storm swept deck and your gallant ship is a battered wreck, Ah, that is the time when it is well worth while to look in the face of defeat and smile.

Its easy to laugh when the battles faught and you know that the victory is won; Yes, easy to laugh when the prize you sought is yours when the race is run; But here is to the man who can laugh when the blast of adversity blows; he will conquer at last, for the hardest man in the world to beat is the man who can laugh in the face of defeat.