Happy Birthday Don't Die - Rhett Miller
Call it planet spins
The new unified government sleeps
The tidy pension accrues
She's the sum of the tchotchkes she keeps
She's a hundred years old tonight
In the spring of 2106
In the flickering of video light
Sometimes widow is the word that sticks
Happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday
As we all go spinning off into the sky
Happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday
Don't die
The planet is covered in steel
Yeah the moon goes
On wasting it's light
While the widow
Is watching the reel
It won't keep her
Warmed at night
Her children are
Light years away
Asleep as the ships hurdle on
Where she once
Had a reason to stay
But her reason is long gone
Happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday
As we all go spinning off into the sky
Happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday
Don't die don't die
She gave birth to seven grown men
Oh and then they each had seven more
She would do it all over again
But the soles of her feet are sore
Nightfall is just an idea
It's suppertime when she succumbs
The tiny pension is real
Plays on although she is done
Happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday
As we all go spinning off into the sky
Happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday
Don't die don't die don't die
[00:00.00]Happy Birthday Don't Die - Rhett Miller
[00:13.69]Call it planet spins
[00:15.91]The new unified government sleeps
[00:18.60]The tidy pension accrues
[00:21.34]She's the sum of the tchotchkes she keeps
[00:24.07]She's a hundred years old tonight
[00:26.60]In the spring of 2106
[00:29.38]In the flickering of video light
[00:31.95]Sometimes widow is the word that sticks
[00:34.83]Happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday
[00:40.51]As we all go spinning off into the sky
[00:45.67]Happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday
[00:53.81]Don't die
[01:00.14]The planet is covered in steel
[01:02.12]Yeah the moon goes
[01:03.10]On wasting it's light
[01:04.97]While the widow
[01:05.69]Is watching the reel
[01:07.65]It won't keep her
[01:08.75]Warmed at night
[01:10.84]Her children are
[01:11.39]Light years away
[01:13.23]Asleep as the ships hurdle on
[01:15.81]Where she once
[01:16.55]Had a reason to stay
[01:18.43]But her reason is long gone
[01:21.20]Happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday
[01:26.84]As we all go spinning off into the sky
[01:31.95]Happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday
[01:40.18]Don't die don't die
[01:59.57]She gave birth to seven grown men
[02:02.07]Oh and then they each had seven more
[02:04.83]She would do it all over again
[02:07.51]But the soles of her feet are sore
[02:10.84]Nightfall is just an idea
[02:13.18]It's suppertime when she succumbs
[02:15.98]The tiny pension is real
[02:18.51]Plays on although she is done
[02:21.19]Happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday
[02:26.80]As we all go spinning off into the sky
[02:32.02]Happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday
[02:40.04]Don't die don't die don't die