Merle Haggard – Things Aren’t Funny Anymore

“Things Aren’t Funny Anymore” is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in February 1974 as the first single from the album Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album. The song was Merle Haggard and The Strangers seventeenth number one on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent ten weeks on the country chart.

From the album Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album
B-side “Honky Tonk Night Time Man”
Released February 11, 1974
Genre Country
Length 2:43
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Merle Haggard
Producer(s) Ken Nelson Fuzzy Owen

Merle Haggard – Things Aren’t Funny Anymore lyrics

We used to laugh a lot, we never cried
But things are all different now
Since your sweet love has died
Seems we’ve lost the way to find
All the good times we found before
Yeah, we used to laugh a lot
Things aren’t funny anymore

IfI knew how to change your mind
Maybe things could be right again
If I could turn back one page of time
Before love came to an end
I’d know just where to turn
To turn it all on once more
Maybe we laughed too soon
Things aren’t funny anymore

I’d know just where to turn
To turn it all on once more
Maybe we laughed too soon
Things aren’t funny anymore