Historical music archive
Have a Laugh — Raymond Jones song notes
Have a Laugh by Raymond Jones: track 12 on Hillside Stories, with sourced recording notes, performer information and links to the original document and listening catalog.
Album: 2007 · song document captured 3 December 2008 · Song and document reference
Independently compiled by the current site operator on 28 September 2026 from the earlier music website. This is not a republication of the original text or an endorsement of today’s product by the artists or their estates.
The work and its original document
The song’s narrative imagines meeting an old acquaintance in a dream. Jones’s note connects it with the possibility of finding resolution in dreams when waking relationships have remained unresolved.
[1]Reading the artist’s note
This is a song document with lyrics and a short artist comment, not a separately published memoir about an identified person.
[1]Recording and document details
This record identifies the song and its source material. The original lyric text is available through the archive citation.
| Field | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Album | Hillside Stories | [2][1][3] |
| Sequence | 12 of 13 | [2][1][3] |
| Catalog duration | 4:12 | [2][1][3] |
| Songwriter | Raymond Jones; No More Crappy Deals Music Publishing Co. (ASCAP), according to the album notes | [2][1][3] |
| Track-specific credits | No additional performer is named on this individual page; refer to the album-level credits. | [2][1][3] |
| Listening | Open Have a Laugh on Apple Music | [2][1][3] |
Sources & original documents
- Have a Laugh — original song document
Capture: 3 December 2008. Original lyrics and artist commentary remain at the source; no lyrics are republished here.
- Hillside Stories album notes, 15 October 2007
Original sequence, credits and links to the thirteen individual song documents.
- Hillside Stories on Apple Music
Catalog checked 28 September 2026: 27 September 2007, 13 tracks, approximately 52 minutes, phonogram line Uegmusic.com. Access varies by region and subscription.