Song

It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

Group Therapy · It Takes a Lot to Laugh · It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (alternate take) · Ridin' on the A-Train

First released 1963EnglishRock120+ recordingson 351 releasesISWC T-070.250.040-0

Written by

Bob DylanComposer Bob DylanLyricist

From the films

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan2005 the film on Charmy Movies ↗

A Complete Unknown2024 the film on Charmy Movies ↗

Recordings

Performance	By
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	4:09
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Phoebe Snow featuring Michael McDonald	3:59
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Stephen Stills & Al Kooper	3:30
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Jerry Garcia with John Kahn	5:13
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Little Feat	6:08
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Grateful Dead	7:36
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	3:23
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra	3:56
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Toto	3:52
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	3:12
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Taj Mahal	4:32
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Dr. Zoom & The Sonic Boom	7:40
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Take a Train to Cry	Little Feat	8:15
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan feat. Robbie Robertson
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Steve Gibbons	2:58
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Blue Cheer	3:18
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Marianne Faithfull	3:54
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	3:50
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	3:22
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	3:52
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Little Feat	8:49
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	3:56
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	3:11
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders	8:36
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	The Radiators	6:07
Dylan Medley: Tears of Rage / Desolation Row / It Takes a Lot to Laugh / Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues	Richard Thompson	2:28
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	8:58
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Paul Westerberg	4:07
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	5:54
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (alternate take)	Bob Dylan	3:35
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Saunders / Garcia / Kahn / Vitt	7:03
It Takes a Lot to Laugh	Grateful Dead
It Take a Lot to Laugh	Grateful Dead
It Takes a Lot to Laugh	Grateful Dead	4:27
It Takes a Lot to Laugh	Grateful Dead
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Garcia-Saunders	8:12
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Jerry Garcia & John Kahn	5:31
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry	Jerry Garcia	5:02
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	3:07
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	4:18
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	3:49
It Takes a Lot to Laugh	Bob Dylan feat. guitar Jerry Garcia	8:14
It Takes a Lot to Laugh	Bob Dylan	5:33
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Chris Wilson	6:12
It Takes a Lot to Laugh / It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	3:09
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Marianne Faithfull	3:54
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	4:01
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (alternate take, 6/15/65)	Bob Dylan	3:34
It Takes a Lot to Laugh	Grateful Dead	8:06
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	4:03
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	3:37
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Outtake)	Bob Dylan	4:18
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	4:06
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan & The Band
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan & GUAM
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Chris Smither	4:26
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Wet Dog	3:12
It Takes a Lot to Laugh (It takes a Train to Cry)	Belle Monroe and Her Brewglass Boys	2:54
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Martha Veléz	3:00
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	7:01
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	3:36
It Takes a Lot to Laugh (studio: 1976-04-15: "The Trio Tape": Bellevue Biltmore Hotel, Clearwater, FL, USA)	Bob Dylan, Rob Stoner, Howard Wyeth & Scarlet Rivera
It Takes a Lot to Laugh... (live: 1976-04-17: "The Dress Rehearsal Tape": Bellevue Biltmore Hotel, Clearwater, FL, USA)	Bob Dylan & GUAM
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan
It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan & Jerry Garcia
Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan
It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry (take 1) (mono mix with intro)	Bob Dylan
Phantom Engineer (a.k.a. It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry) (take 2) (stereo mix #1)	Bob Dylan
It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry (take 1) (stereo mix #2)	Bob Dylan
It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry (mono mix)	Bob Dylan
It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan
It Takes a Lot to Laugh	Bob Dylan	4:04
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Ray Bonneville	3:01
It Takes a Lot to Laugh	Bob Dylan	7:04
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (studio: 1965-07-29)	Bob Dylan
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	3:30
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	3:25
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	3:07
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Levon Helm	3:48
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	3:25
Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	4:06
It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry	Jerry Garcia Band with James Booker
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry · video	Steve Earle
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (5.1 mix)	Stephen Stills & Al Kooper	3:35
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Marianne Faithfull	3:49
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Blue Cheer	3:13
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	1:53
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 1, 6/15/1965, complete)	Bob Dylan	2:41
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (takes 2–3, 6/15/1965, fragments)	Bob Dylan	0:18
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 4, 6/15/1965, breakdown)	Bob Dylan	1:53
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 5, 6/15/1965, false start)	Bob Dylan	0:17
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 6, 6/15/1965, breakdown)	Bob Dylan	1:47
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 7, 6/15/1965, insert)	Bob Dylan	0:57
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 8, 6/15/1965, complete)	Bob Dylan	3:29
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 1, 7/29/1965, breakdown)	Bob Dylan	1:51
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 2, 7/29/1965, false start)	Bob Dylan	0:24
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 3, 7/29/1965, incomplete)	Bob Dylan	3:13
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 1, 7/29/1965, complete)	Bob Dylan	3:51
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 2, 7/29/1965, false start)	Bob Dylan	0:24
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 3, 7/29/1965, complete)	Bob Dylan	3:42
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders	8:25
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (live at Newport Folk Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, Rhode Island - July 25, 1965)	Bob Dylan	3:34
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	The Radiators & David Bromberg	7:00
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	The Radiators	6:14
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	3:30
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Grateful Dead	4:59
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	2:53
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Big Barn Bed	3:17
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Steve Earle & the Dukes (& Duchesses)	3:48
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan	6:10
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, it Takes a Train to Cry	Bob Dylan with Joan Baez, Mick Ronson (David Bowie) and Roger McGuinn (The Byrds)	2:36
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Fairport Convention	5:44