[Verse]
C Fsus2
Stop the clock, take time out
C Fsus2
Time to regroup before you lose the bout
C Fsus2
Freeze the frame, back it up
C5 Fsus2
Time to refocus before they wrap it up
G G/F G G/F G
Years are getting shorter, lines on your face are getting longer
G/F Em7 E F
Feel like you're treading water, but the rip tide's getting stronger
Dm7
Don't panic, don't jump ship
Bb/Eb
Can't fight it, like taxes
F/Bb Gsus G C
At least it happens only once in your life
[Chorus]
Am7 Em F C
They're singing "Happy Birthday," you just want to lay down and cry
Fm7 Dm7 C/F G
Not just another birthday, it's thirty ninety
C Am7
Why can't you stay twenty-nine?
Em F C
Hell, you still feel like you're twenty-two
Am7 Dm
Turn thirty, nineteen ninety, bang!
F G C5
You're dead, what can you do?
Fsus2 C5
What can you do?
Fsus2 C
What can you do?
[Verse]
F C
Clear the runway, make another pass
F
Try one more approach before you're out of gas
G G/F G G/F G
Friends are getting fatter, hairs on your head are getting thinner
G/F Em7 E F
Feel like a cleanup batter on a team that ain't a winner?
Dm7
Don't freak out, don't strike out
Bb/Eb
Can't fight it, like city hall
F/Bb Gsus G C
At least you're not alone, your friends are there too
[Chorus]
Am7
They're singing "Happy birthday"
Em F C
You just wish you could run away
Am7 Dm7
Who cares about a birthday?
C/F G C
But thirty ninety, hey!
Am7
Can you be optimistic?
Em F C
You're no longer the ingenue
G/A Am
Turn thirty, nineteen ninety
Dm
Boom!
Fsus2
You're passe!
G C5
What can you do?
Fsus2 C5
What can you do?
Fsus2 E D A G
What can you do?
[Bridge]
Dm G C F
Peter Pan and Tinker Bell, which way to Never Never Land?
Bb Eb Ab F C/E Dm
Em'rald City's gone to hell, since the wizard blew off his command
G C F
On the street you hear the voices: lost children, crocodiles
Bb Eb Cm7
You're not into making choices, wicked witches, poppy fields, or men behind the curtain
Ab
Tiger lilies, ruby slippers
Fm7 G G/A D
Clock is ticking, that's for certain
[Chorus]
Bm7
They're singing "Happy Birthday"
F#m G D
I wish it all were a dream
Bm7 Em
It feels much more like doomsday
D/G A
Fuck thirty ninety!
D Bm7 F#m G D
Seems like I'm in for a twister, I don't see a rainbow, do you?
Bm7
Turn thirty in the nineties
Em
Into my hands now the ball is passed
Bm
I want the spoils but not too fast
Em Bm
The world is calling, it's now at Neverland
Em
Why can't I stay a child forever? And thirty ninety
Bm/F# G G/A
Thirty ninety, thirty ninety, thirty ninety, thirty ninety, thirty thirty ninety!
D5 Gsus2 D5
What can I do?
Gsus2 D2
What can I do?