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Happy Birthday To Me

from 2011 SONGAWEEK by HB Radke

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This here is a twangy country song about a man having a pathetic birthday and feeling like life thus far, hasn’t turned out as planned.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
Words and Music by HB Radke

It was five forty-five in the mornin’
my alarm clock rang without warnin’
I hit the snooze button so,
i could get a little more sleep.
Ten minutes later I’m thinking much clearer,
I step out of bed, head to the mirror.
But I don’t recognize the face thats staring back at me.

Happy Birthday to me well golly gee,
I don’t feel a day over twenty three.
I never thought when I hit forty
this is how life would be.
Two wives come and gone and my baby girl,
she is the center of my whole world .
Gee whiz, golly gee!
Happy Birthday to me.

So I head off to work, just my luck.
Traffic’s jammed a jackknifed truck.
So I phone my boss, tell him I’m a gonna be late
He says “head on back home things have been slow,
the man upstairs says to let you go”
So I’m without a job and stuck here on the interstate.

Happy Birthday to me, golly gee.
I don’t feel a day over twenty three.
I never thought when I hit forty
this is how life would be.
Two wives come and gone and my baby girl,
she is the center of my whole world .
Gee whiz, golly gee!
Happy Birthday to me.

I don’t even need me a cake
I just want to catch me a break
It seems that I’ve been cursed
by the devil’s hand.
Maybe its just how its supposed to be
My birthdays bringing misery
Do I deserve this?
Lord help me understand

So head on back home feeling beaten
A little shaky ’cause I ain’t eaten
Trying to forget the awful morning I just had
I see something tacked to my door
Im thinking I cant take anymore
But its a crayon written note saying
that “I love you dad.”

Happy Birthday to me well golly gee,
I don’t feel a day over twenty three.
I never thought when I hit forty
this is how life would be.
Two wives come and gone and my baby girl,
she is the center of my whole world .
Gee whiz, golly gee!
Happy Birthday to me.

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from 2011 SONGAWEEK, track released January 25, 2011
Written & Performed & Produced by HB Radke

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HB Radke Seattle, Washington

HB Radke has music in his blood. The son of Harry James Orchestra frontman Fred Radke and vocalist Gina Funes, HB started on the trumpet at the age of 8. He started his own big band just a few years after that. His career as a vocalist began in his teens.

For 2011 he has resolved to write and record at least one original song per week. As of September 2011, he is 4 weeks ahead of schedule. ... more

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