Happy Birthday
"Weird Al" Yankovic Lyrics

Happy birthday
Let's acknowledge and celebrate the day you were born

Happy birthday to you
Wishing you a happy birthday

Happy birthday
Let's acknowledge and celebrate the day you were born

Happy birthday to you
Wishing you a happy birthday

Well, it's time to celebrate your birthday, it happens every year
It's your birthday and time to rejoice as you turn older once again

We'll eat a lot of broccoli and drink a lot of beer
We'll have lots of food and drinks to celebrate your birthday together

You should be good and happy that there's something you can eat
You should feel grateful as there are people who are not as fortunate and go hungry every day

A million people every day are starving in the street
There are many unfortunate people in the world who do not have enough to eat

Your daddy's in the gutter with the wretched and the poor
Your father is poor and his standard of living is very low

Your mama's in the kitchen with a can of Cycle Four
Your mother is cooking food using cheap, low-quality ingredients

There's garbage in the water
The water is polluted with garbage

There's poison in the sky
The air we breathe is polluted and has harmful chemicals

I guess it won't be long before we're all gonna die
The situation is so bad that death seems inevitable for all of us

Well, what's the matter little friend, you think this party is the pits
Hey friend, why are you unhappy? You think this party is boring?

Enjoy it while you can, we'll soon be blown to bits
We should enjoy ourselves while we can because there is a chance that we might all die in a sudden disaster

The monkeys in the pentagon are gonna cook our goose
People in high-power positions are making decisions that harm us

Their finger's on the button, all they need it an excuse
Those in power have the means to blow up the world, they just need a reason to do so

It doesn't take a military genius to see
It's easy to see that we are in trouble

We'll all be crispy critters after World War III
If there is a third world war, we will all be killed

There's nowhere you can run to, nowhere you can hide
There is no way to escape the devastating effects of war

When they drop the big one, we all get fried
If an atomic bomb is dropped, we will all be killed

Well there's a punk in the alley and he's looking for a fight
There are people who are angry and aggressive everywhere

There's an Arab on the corner buying everything in sight
There are people from different cultures everywhere, going about their daily lives

There's a mother in the ghetto with another mouth to feed
There are people living in poverty, struggling to feed their families

Seems that everywhere you look today there's misery and greed
It seems that there is suffering and selfishness everywhere you look

I guess you know the Earth is gonna crash into the sun
It's a well-known fact that the earth will eventually meet its end

But that's no reason why we shouldn't have a little fun
Just because the future is uncertain doesn't mean we shouldn't enjoy ourselves in the present

So if you think it's scary, if it's more than you can take
If everything seems scary and overwhelming,

Just blow out the candles and have a piece of cake
Just relax, blow out the candles and have a piece of cake to lighten up your mood

And a pinch to grow an inch!
A traditional birthday wish to grow taller.