[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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She was tired, it was dawn
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When she heard the nurse say
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"Here's a baby boy"
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Without fear, zero years
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Come to seek damnation
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And a veil of tears
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And my claim to fame
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Is that then I was
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That baby bo-y
[Chorus]
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Birthday girl, rosy and special
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Will this night last forever?
[Verse 2]
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When I wed, I would dream
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In a champagne haze of my first affair
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Like a private joke
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On the one I loved
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Between myself and me
[Chorus]
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Birthday girl, rosy and special
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Will this night come to an end?
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Feed the birds poisoned bread
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In the square beneath my place of birth
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People die, so will I
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Cut and dried and empty
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Quite alone
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When they bury me
C G Bm Cmaj7
When the people know
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Of the baby bo-y
[Chorus]
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Birthday girl, now I am begging
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But I still think of that baby
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Birthday girl, smiling in silence
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Will this night please come to an end?
[Outro]
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