The Birthday Present - Loudon Wainwright III

You got another one coming up

Baby don’t be blue

I know you’re one year older now

Honey I’ve been there too

Time flies when we’re fooling around

We’re just wasting away

You’re dreading the date

You’d much rather wait

But happy birthday

Once we were young and foolish

Just starting out on that ride

I don’t want to get ghoulish

But it seems like time’s no longer on our side

It never used to get here

It always seemed so far away

But now it’s here

Same time each year

That happy birthday

They say that we live many lives

I can believe it but I’m still not so sure

I don’t know if it’s gonna be a next time

But this time I’d like a little more

Time that is

I’m going to give you a present

That’s just what I’m gonna do

To remind you to forget the past and the future

All that regret and worry’s just bad for you

And when you unwrap your present

Throw the paper and the ribbon away

Remember dear

It’s now we’re here

So happy birthday

You got another one coming up

Baby don’t don’t be blue