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Happy Freaking Birthday
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A sarcastic pop punk song for people who hate birthdays.
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It's Pop. It's Rock. It's Punk. It's Groovy.
Every band likes to think their music defies categorizing, while at the same time usually realizing that to be unique is to invite commercial failure. The Oozing Grooves solves that dilemma by taking a samurai philosophy towards music: commercial failure is inevitable, so why not just enjoy the act of creation and write what you want? The resultant blend of new millennium pop punk and 80s synth-pop rock features thick vocal harmonies layered over simple bar chords in an arrangement several listeners -- including a couple of industry insiders -- have called a blend between Green Day and the Beach Boys.
Song Info
Genre
Pop Pop Rock
Charts
Peak #114
Peak in subgenre #26
Author
Lance Robert Lindley
Rights
2004 Lance Robert Lindley [BMI]
Uploaded
February 08, 2005
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.9 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
Written after my live band was asked at three consecutive gigs to play "Happy Birthday" to someone. That song is a real set killer. Besides, there aren't enough birthday songs out there for people who hate birthdays.
Lyrics
Here it comes That awful day again A day of misery A day of strife A day that Once was your favorite Is now a yearly audit of your worthless life, well Another party Another candle Another chance to think about how last year stunk And It's your turn to provide Your useless friends a reason to get drunk It's your birthday Happy happy birthday Another party crasher With no presents to give Yeah It's your birthday Happy freaking birthday Another year older and One day less to live If you try You might remember When you thought your birthday was so much fun It seems it all went downhill From the day you turned 21 cuz No more Hot Wheels No more Barbies Your tastes outgrew your earning ability and It's now this awkward drunken Celebration of mortality Happy birthday Happy happy birthday Another party crasher With no presents to give Yeah It's your birthday Happy freaking birthday Another year older and One day less to live A few more pounds and A few more wrinkles But, hey, a few more dollars In your bank account So Don't bother adding up the years Because the first 18 don't count Happy birthday Happy happy birthday You got a lot of candles So take a deep breath Yeah Happy birthday Happy freaking birthday Raise your glass to Another year of cheating death Happy birthday, Happy happy birthday Yeah Happy birthday, Happy happy birthday Alright Happy birthday, Happy freaking birthday You're gonna live forever So party down tonight
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