{"id":5288,"date":"2012-01-31T20:56:35","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T04:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=5288"},"modified":"2021-03-26T06:17:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T13:17:12","slug":"lyrics-happy-birthday-weird-al-yankovic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=5288","title":{"rendered":"Lyrics: Happy Birthday [Weird Al Yankovic]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"OK, Folks, you know the drill. Allright everyone, let’s gather in front of our large, 13″, Black and White TV set, and watch as a tall, lanky man in a khaki uniform strides out, introduces himself as Sheriff John<\/a>. He pulls out his accordion, and then starts singing \u201cHappy Birthday<\/a>\u201d (from Weird Al Yankovic<\/a>\u2019s debut album<\/a>) for [assignment: name<\/em>]<\/span>:<\/p>\n

\u2230<\/p>\n

Happy birthday
\nHappy birthday to you
\nHappy birthday
\nHappy birthday to you<\/p>\n

Well, it’s time to celebrate your birthday,
\nIt happens every year
\nWe’ll eat a lot of broccoli
\nAnd drink a lot of beer
\nYou should be good and happy
\nThat there’s something you can eat
\nA million people every day
\nAre starving in the street<\/p>\n

Your daddy’s in the gutter
\nWith the wretched and the poor
\nYour mama’s in the kitchen
\nWith a can of Cycle Four
\nThere’s garbage in the water
\nThere’s poison in the sky
\nI guess it won’t be long
\nBefore we’re all gonna die<\/p>\n

Happy birthday
\nHappy birthday to you
\nHappy birthday
\nHappy birthday to you<\/p>\n

Well, what’s the matter little friend,
\nYou think this party is the pits
\nEnjoy it while you can,
\nWe’ll soon be blown to bits
\nThe monkeys in the pentagon
\nAre gonna cook our goose
\nTheir finger’s on the button,
\nAll they need it an excuse<\/p>\n

It doesn’t take a
\nMilitary genius to see
\nWe’ll all be crispy critters
\nAfter World War III
\nThere’s nowhere you can run to,
\nNowhere you can hide
\nWhen they drop the big one,
\nWe all get fried<\/p>\n

(Come on boys and girls, sing along, ok?)<\/p>\n

Happy birthday
\nHappy birthday to you
\nHappy birthday
\nHappy birthday to you<\/p>\n

Well there’s a punk in the alley
\nAnd he’s looking for a fight
\nThere’s an Arab on the corner
\nBuying everything in sight
\nThere’s a mother in the ghetto
\nWith another mouth to feed
\nSeems that everywhere you look today
\nThere’s misery and greed<\/p>\n

I guess you know the Earth
\nIs gonna crash into the sun
\nBut that’s no reason why
\nWe shouldn’t have a little fun
\nSo if you think it’s scary,
\nIf it’s more than you can take
\nJust blow out the candles
\nAnd have a piece of cake<\/p>\n

Happy birthday
\nHappy birthday to you
\nHappy birthday
\nHappy birthday to you<\/p>\n

Happy birthday
\nHappy birthday to you
\nHappy birthday
\nHappy birthday to you<\/p>\n

(Happy Birthday!)<\/p>\n

And a pinch to grow an inch!<\/p>\n

Video: Link<\/a><\/p>\n