Romie Stott - Birthday Song lyrics
Birthday Song by Romie Stott
Creative Commons 2009

Chords are G, C, and F in various orders you shouldn't have trouble figuring out.

You've made it this far and you haven't been killed by sharks.
You haven't stepped on a land mine; you haven't had your body blown apart.
Blood is still pumping through the functional valves of your heart.

And you're smart, and you're alive
And you can sleep and wake up
And don't choke on your food
And don't fall in the shower.
You've survived one more year and we're terribly proud of you.

Peanuts can be deadly
and so can a shellfish
in a body that chooses to go.
If you'd had a seizure
or if you'd had an aneurysm
You might have lost the parts of your brain that would know that I know that

In all of these years, you didn't let your skin burn off.
You didn't drink poison; you didn't lose your lungs to whooping cough.
Cells are still dividing to replace any cells that you've lost.

And you're smart and you're alive
And you can take your prescriptions
As much as you need them
Not more than you need them
Not so you OD on them

You haven't been shot by a stranger,
Haven't been shot by a friend,
Haven't perished in a plane crash
Or grabbed a live wire by its end.

There's a lot you did not do
To be here with us now
So we're proud and we're proud and we're proud.