Happy Birthday

M.L. Kortes/S. Butler

There, I got a new dress and

Nothing too bad to confess and

I'm trading in these old shoes

Here, I see a new morning

Just like the one I was born in

The twelve o'clock bell brings the news

Happy birthday

One more candle to blow out

I'll be OK

I oughta know me by now

There, that's how it all started

Me and the dearly departed

Passing like ships evermore

I'm tossing my old emotions

Cause I've heard you can't find new oceans

Till you lose sight of the shore

Happy birthday

One more year has gone somehow

You'll go, I'll stay

I oughta know me by now

Happy birthday

You'll go, I'll stay

I'll be OK

Happy birthday

Tears of joy are falling down

I'll be OK

I oughta know me by now

c. Magda Lane Music/ASCAP