You are turning ten today
We've got balloons and party pies
And lots of pretty things
Look at all your friends
And the presents that they send
Your whole family is here
So everybody sing
Here comes the birthday cake
But before you make a wish
There's something your Aunty Gerry wants to say:
From this moment, everything's downhill
Double figures become a living hell
Before too long you will wake up to find you're dead
So if I were you, I'd quit while I'm ahead
I'd quit while I'm ahead
Cause your body at fourteen
Is so much worse than Halloween
It changes shape and starts to leak
And makes you do mad things
Your twenties, they're okay
But from your thirties, you'll decay
Your joints and back and brains will go
Along with all your dreams
And as you reflect back on today
That kitten-shaped ice-cream cake
Will represent the hopeless and betray
Cause from this moment, everything is fucked
The grown-up world and all the people in it suck
Your gran and grandpa left the Earth on the blink
And so to save you wasting money on a shrink
Choose an addiction now and retire to your bed
Cause if I were you
Oh, if I were you, I'd quit while I'm ahead
I'd quit while I'm ahead
Happy birthday
Happy birthday
Happy birthday... To you
(Make a wish)
What a special day You are turning ten today We've got balloons and party pies And lots of pretty things Look at all your friends And the presents that they send Your whole family is here So everybody sing Here comes the birthday cake But before you make a wish There's something your Aunty Gerry wants to say: From this moment, everything's downhill Double figures become a living hell Before too long you will wake up to find you're dead So if I were you, I'd quit while I'm ahead I'd quit while I'm ahead Cause your body at fourteen Is so much worse than Halloween It changes shape and starts to leak And makes you do mad things Your twenties, they're okay But from your thirties, you'll decay Your joints and back and brains will go Along with all your dreams And as you reflect back on today That kitten-shaped ice-cream cake Will represent the hopeless and betray Cause from this moment, everything is fucked The grown-up world and all the people in it suck Your gran and grandpa left the Earth on the blink And so to save you wasting money on a shrink Choose an addiction now and retire to your bed Cause if I were you Oh, if I were you, I'd quit while I'm ahead I'd quit while I'm ahead Happy birthday Happy birthday Happy birthday... To you (Make a wish) Explain Request ×
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