ON YOUR BIRTHDAY

By David Poe & Jim Boggia. Charming Martyr Music (BMI)/ scrapple Songs (ASCAP).  All rights reserved. From the album Misadventures In Stereo by Jim Boggia 

FOUND A PHOTOGRAPH 

THE ONLY ONE I HAVE 

CAN ALMOST HEAR YOU LAUGHING 

ON YOUR BIRTHDAY 

  

THAT WAS YOU AND ME 

MUST BE ‘92 OR ‘3 

UNDERNEATH THE MARQUEE 

ON YOUR BIRTHDAY 

  

SEEMS LONG AGO 

BUT I DO RECALL THAT SHOW 

AND HOW YOU SANG 

LOUD AS THE BAND 

SOMEONE TOOK OUR PICTURE 

MAYBE ONE MANY TOO MANY DRINKS, BUT WE WERE 

WALKING BACK TO YOUR HOUSE 

HAND IN HAND 

  

FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR 

I LED YOU UP THE STAIRS 

AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS WERE THERE 

ON YOUR BIRTHDAY 

  

DANDELION WINE 

INCANDESCANT LIGHT 

EVERYONE’S INVITED 

TO YOUR BIRTHDAY 

  

WAITED FOR A YEAR 

AND I WASTED SOME TEARS 

IMAGINING YOU'D 

COME ROUND AGAIN 

ONE DAY YOU WAKE UP 

AND YOU'RE OVER THE BREAKUP 

BUT YOU FIND MYSELF REMEMBERING 

NOW AND THEN 

  

WE HAD ELABORATE PLANS 

AND SHORT ATTENTION SPANS 

TOO MANY BLACK AND TANS 

BACK IN THOSE DAYS 

  

ONCE AND FUTURE PAST 

IT ENDED ALL TOO FAST 

NOTHING SEEMS TO LAST 

EXCEPT FOR BIRTHDAYS 

ARE YOU GOING OUT 

ON YOUR BIRTHDAY 

WILL YOU THINK ABOUT ME 

ON YOUR BIRTHDAY