They All Laughed
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Lyrics

The odds were a hundred to one against me
People thought my chances of success were extremely low

The world thought the heights were too high to climb
Society believed my goals were too difficult to achieve

But people from Missouri never incensed me
I was not deterred by the doubts of others

Oh, I wasn't a bit concerned
I was not worried at all

Far from history I had learned
I knew from past experiences

How many, many times the worm had turned
How often situations had turned from unlikely to successful

They all laughed at Christopher Columbus When he said, the world was round
People mocked Columbus when he declared the earth was not flat

They all laughed when Edison recorded sound
They ridiculed Edison's invention of recording sound

They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother When they said that man could fly
The Wright brothers were laughed at when they said humans could fly

They told Marconi Wireless was a phony It's the same old cry
Marconi was told that wireless communication was impossible, but people have always doubted new technologies

They laughed at me wantin' you Said, I was reaching for the moon
They made fun of me when I set my sights on you, saying my goal was impossible

But oh, you came through Now they'll have to change their tune, yes
But you proved them wrong, and now they must acknowledge my success

They all said we never could be happy They laughed at us and how
They claimed we could never be happy together, and laughed at the idea of us as a couple

But ho, ho, ho Who's got the last laugh now
But who is laughing now that we have succeeded?

They all laughed at Rockefeller Center Now they're fighting to get in
They laughed at the idea of Rockefeller Center, but now it is so popular that people are trying to gain entry

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 Lizzie Kept the laughers busy That's how people are
These inventors were all initially mocked for their ideas, but eventually proved their doubters wrong

They laughed at me wanting you Said, it would be, hello, goodbye
They thought our relationship would fail, and that we would break up quickly

But oh, you came through Now they're eating humble pie
But you proved them wrong, and now they are forced to admit they were mistaken

They all said we'd never get together Darling, let's take a bow
They claimed we would never become a couple, but now we can celebrate our success

For ho, ho, ho Who's got the last laugh now
And who is laughing now that we have accomplished what they said was impossible?