This here is a twangy country song about a man having a pathetic birthday and feeling like life thus far, hasn’t turned out as planned.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
Words and Music by HB Radke
It was five forty-five in the mornin’
my alarm clock rang without warnin’
I hit the snooze button so,
i could get a little more sleep.
Ten minutes later I’m thinking much clearer,
I step out of bed, head to the mirror.
But I don’t recognize the face thats staring back at me.
Happy Birthday to me well golly gee,
I don’t feel a day over twenty three.
I never thought when I hit forty
this is how life would be.
Two wives come and gone and my baby girl,
she is the center of my whole world .
Gee whiz, golly gee!
Happy Birthday to me.
So I head off to work, just my luck.
Traffic’s jammed a jackknifed truck.
So I phone my boss, tell him I’m a gonna be late
He says “head on back home things have been slow,
the man upstairs says to let you go”
So I’m without a job and stuck here on the interstate.
Happy Birthday to me, golly gee.
I don’t feel a day over twenty three.
I never thought when I hit forty
this is how life would be.
Two wives come and gone and my baby girl,
she is the center of my whole world .
Gee whiz, golly gee!
Happy Birthday to me.
I don’t even need me a cake
I just want to catch me a break
It seems that I’ve been cursed
by the devil’s hand.
Maybe its just how its supposed to be
My birthdays bringing misery
Do I deserve this?
Lord help me understand
So head on back home feeling beaten
A little shaky ’cause I ain’t eaten
Trying to forget the awful morning I just had
I see something tacked to my door
Im thinking I cant take anymore
But its a crayon written note saying
that “I love you dad.”
Happy Birthday to me well golly gee,
I don’t feel a day over twenty three.
I never thought when I hit forty
this is how life would be.
Two wives come and gone and my baby girl,
she is the center of my whole world .
Gee whiz, golly gee!
Happy Birthday to me.