Well, happy birthday, baby
Everybody’s here for you
Happy birthday, baby
Six candles lighting up the whole room
Outdated kitchen full of smiles
Everyone’s standing around
We take pictures so we remember who we are
25 years from now
And I remember towers coming down
First grade September
I remember wondering “Why am I going home now?”
Daddy’s crying, I ask “Why?” as apples turn to ash
We take pictures so we remember who we are
But you curse like your mother
And you act like your father
Your sister called back
But your brother doesn’t have your number
So you drove by his house
Now he’s got a daughter, and they named her after you
The girl with no smile, the girl with no smile
You hide your heartbeat
In a box under the bed
But it makes too much noise down there
So you swallow it up instead
Now a pounding headache keeps you awake
As you daydream through the night
We take pictures so we remember who we are
But you curse like your mother
And you act like your father
Your sister called back
But your brother doesn’t have your number
So you drove by his house
Now he’s got a daughter, and they named her after you
The girl with no smile, the girl with no smile
I don’t want to know what it feels like
To be the rain in Seattle
I don’t want to know what it feels like
To be the wind in Chicago
And I don’t want to know what it feels like
To be the sunshine in L.A.
Someday, when this life’s done
I’ll come back as something you love
I’ll come back as something you can love
Well, happy birthday, baby
Everybody’s here for you
Happy birthday, baby
One candle lighting up the whole room
Outdated kitchen full of smiles
Everyone’s standing around
We take pictures so we remember who we are