Em D G C Em D G C happy birthday Em D G C Em D G C so make a wish [Verse 1] Em D Please accept my apologies, I wonder what would have been G C Would you have been a little angel or an angel of sin Em D Tom-boy running around, hanging with all the guys G C Or a little tough boy with beautiful brown eyes Em D I paid for the murder before they determined the sex G C Choosing our life over your life meant your death Em D And you never got a chance to even open your eyes G C Sometimes I wonder as a fetus if you fought for your life Em D Would you have been a little genius, in love with math? G C Would you have played in your school clothes and made me mad Em D Would you have been a little rapper like your poppa the piper G C Would you have made me quit smoking by finding one of my lighters Em D I wonder about your skin tone and shape of your nose G C And the way you would've laughed and talked fast or slow Em D I think about it every year, so I picked up a pen G C Happy birthday, I love you whoever you would've been [Chorus] Em D G C Happy birthday (What I thought was a dream) make a wish Em D G C (Was as real as it seemed) Happy birthday Em D G C (What I thought was a dream) make a wish Em D G C (Was as real as it seemed I made a mistake) [Verse 2] Em D I got a million excuses, as to why you died G C And other people got their own reasons for homicide Em D Who's to say it would've worked and who's to say it wouldn't have G C I was young and struggling, but old enough to be a dad Em D The fear of being my father has never disappeared G C I ponder it frequently while I'm sippin' on my beer Em D My vision of a family was artificial and fake G C So when it came time to create, I made a mistake Em D Now you got a little brother, maybe it's really you G C Maybe you really forgave us knowing we were confused Em D Maybe, every time that he smiles it's you proudly G C knowing that your father's doin' the right thing now Em D I'll never tell a woman what to do with her body G C But if she don't love children, then we can't party Em D I think about it every year, so I picked up a pen G C Happy birthday, I love you whoever you would've been [Chorus] Em D G C Happy birthday (What I thought was a dream) make a wish Em D G C (Was as real as it seemed) Happy birthday Em D G C (What I thought was a dream) make a wish Em D G C (Was as real as it seemed I made a mistake) [Verse 3] Em D And from the heavens to the womb to the heavens again G C From the ending to the ending, never got to begin Em D Maybe one day we can meet face to face G C In a place without time and space happy birthday Em D From the heavens to the womb to the heavens again G C From the ending to the ending, never got to begin Em D Maybe one day we can meet face to face G C In a place without time and space, happy birthday [Chorus] Em D G C Happy birthday (What I thought was a dream) make a wish Em D G C (Was as real as it seemed) Happy birthday Em D G C (What I thought was a dream) make a wish Em D G C (Was as real as it seemed I made a mistake) [Outro] Em D G C Em D G C