Em D G C
Em D G C
happy birthday
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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]
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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
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(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]
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