I Started a Joke - Lyrics - Bee Gees

I Started a Joke is a song written and performed by the Bee Gees for their 1968 album Idea. As a single it reached number 6 on the US Billboard Hot Memorial Day approaches.I related it to my experience as a combatant in the Vietnam War,...so much tragedy for us, those we fought and the civilians caught in the middle. I Started a Joke I started a joke which started the whole world crying But I didn’t see that the joke was on me oh no I started to cry which started the whole world laughing Oh If I’d only seen that the joke was on me I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I said ’Till I finally died which started the whole world living Oh if I’d only seen that the joke was on me I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I said ’Till I finally died which started the whole world living Oh if I’d