[VERSE]

I call to mind

A birthday

You never saw it

But you were on my brain

Oh

I came so different

I thought you were the same

I was years

It felt like years

I'll reiterate

I'd go dancing on my own it seemed

I'd act your age though you were older than me

And when it came down to the simple things

I'll take a little

A little blame for me

[Chorus]

When you give everything

And get back the same

It feels like the great escape

But when you get back nothing

When you're in need of something

It feels like taking a gift

From me on my birthday

[VERSE]

Cuz I

Should feel special (I wanna feel)

And I wanna wake (I wanna wake)

With someone who needs me

Someone who sees me for me

Not someone I'll never be (I'll never be)

Someone

Who I will never meet

Oh I

I give you love

And I wish you luck (I wish you)

Bro don't give it up

Cuz you never know how much you'll need

Oh

[Chorus]

Cuz there's

Something special

About everything

When you give what you get (What you get)

Such a great escape (How great)

But when you get back nothing (But when you get back)

When you're in need of something (When you're in need)

It feels like (it feels like)

Taking a gift

From me on my birthday

[OUTRO]

(I can't do this anymore)

(My birthday has got me sore)