OK, Folks, you know the drill. Let’s gather in front of our large, 13″, Black and White TV set, and and watch as a tall, lanky man in a khaki uniform strides out, introduces himself as Sheriff John, and says:
“Kids, as you know, I try to grant requests for birthday songs. I know that not everyone likes polkas, although I can’t understand why. Today’s request is for a song from a British independent band called The Smiths, and goes something like this:”
He takes out his guitar, plucks an “A” note, says “This is for you, dementia“, and sings:
| I’ve come to wish you an unhappy birthday I’ve come to wish you an unhappy birthday because you’re evil and you lie and if you should die I may feel slightly sad (but I won’t cry) Loved and lost and some may say when usuallly its Nothing surely you’re happy it should be this way? I say “No, I’m gonna kill my dog” and: “May the lines sag heavy and deep tonight XXX” |
I’ve come to wish you an unhappy birthday I’ve come to wish you an unhappy birthday because you’re evil and you lie and if you should die I may feel slightly sad (but I won’t cry) Loved and lost some people say when usually its Nothing surely you’re happy it should be this way? I said “No” and then I shot myself so, drink, drink, drink and be ill tonight from the one you left behind |
It must be the generation gap, kids, because I have no idea what this song means.
A note to dementia: Although I haven’t friended you back yet, I have been going over and reading your stuff occasionally. I’m still hoping you will comment here more. I normally don’t do the birthday announcements for folks not on my friendslist, but I knew today was to be a special day for you, and I wanted to do my part to make it happy. And since it is a particularly special day, I’ve invited another group to sing a song for you. [A group of one girl and three guys walks on stage, sets up their instruments, and sings]
| Happy birthday happy birthday – Happy birthday happy birthday – Happy birthday happy birthday. Happy |
Seeing them in my dark cupboard with my great big cake. If they were me if they were me And I was you and I was you – If they were me and I was you Would you have liked a present too. Happy Happy birthday |
[Yes, it’s here. The 5th Annual Birthday Song Poll. So, if you want to make sure that the Sheriff sings the song you want, please fill out the poll. Note that if you want the birdie to be able to inform the Sheriff about your birthday, you need to make sure your birth month and day is in your profile, and it is visible to your friends. If you are a Facebook user and on LJ, please make sure I can connect your Facebook name with your LJ name. If you are a Facebook only user, you can’t vote in the poll until Facebook does OpenID, so get an LJ account!]
