“The Same Thing That Can Make You Laugh (Can Make You Cry)”
Song by Ray Charles
“Drinking and loving and having a ball,” recalls Ray fondly on his 1969 song “The Same Thing That Can Make You Laugh (Can Make You Cry)”. The song hurtles along quickly – supersonic R&B – but it’s barely begun before fortunes turn south.
“But something went wrong y’all.” As always.
The song is a collaboration with Jimmy Lewis, who always had a way with a wry lyric exploring the ups and downs of fate. “The Same Thing That Can Make You Laugh (Can Make You Cry)” is a fun performance whose speedy sections whiz by before you know it and whose slower interludes wail and swell with tears. It can be found on the duo’s album (credited solely to Ray) Doing His Thing.
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Songs on Doing His Thing