Name: the Birthday Song
Duration: P00H02M43S
Description: I wrote this song the day before my birthday. The ending rips off the chorus of Curb Stomp. There's a chance that a sound clip will end up in the middle of the song when I re-record this for my next full length.

the Birthday Song

from It's an Oldie Where I Come From: a Collection of Splits, B-Sides, and Re-Recordings by Self Proclaimed Narcissist

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I wrote this song the day before my birthday. The ending rips off the chorus of Curb Stomp. There's a chance that a sound clip will end up in the middle of the song when I re-record this for my next full length.

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half-step down capo 0

stanza 1: am c em g c d
stanza 2: am c d g

well, happy birthday to myself
i’m one year older now, oh can’t you tell?
with that jager on my breath, oh yeah!
my mama would be so proud, proud of me
with these feathers in my headress and these badges on my chest
i’ll straighten my tie and hope you’re real impressed
and you’ll whisper into my ear about my next great failure
and you’ll tell me all about how i’ll become him
and i’ll start praying that in the next two years
or in twenty four more that these vibrations
in my chest will cease and i’ll stop breathing
when will i finally find some relief?

i’m not everything i wanted to be and
by my next birthday i still will not be

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from It's an Oldie Where I Come From: a Collection of Splits, B-Sides, and Re-Recordings, released October 27, 2012

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DIY Folk-Punk // Anti-Folk // Honesty Folk from Oregon.

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