Birthday Song

Have you taken lots of pictures

Have you written lots of rhymes

Are there things you haven't finished

Are you running out of time

Are you tired of being a nuisance

Are you tired of being cute

Are you going to offer something

I'll be unable to refute

Have you learned to be outrageous

Have you learned to be outraged

Are you tired of playing scrabble

With the leopards in your cage

Is it something you're not sure of

Is it something that I said

Does it sometimes make you lie awake

And wish you weren't so dead

Do you intend to make a difference

Do you intend to set things straight

Are you afraid the world will redefine you

And give you hell when you're out late

Are there pieces of you missing

Are there spaces in your head

Will you fill them in with colors

Or will you fill them up with lead

(1992nov, 1993feb, jun, 1994sep14 -- needs music)

Discarded bits

The bits above just kind of Happened, which is my favorite way to write. It seemed like it needed an introductory stanza, however, so I tried to bang one out... but they always sound contrived and I always end up picking words that don't rhyme. Maybe it doesn't need an intro.

I heard today's your birthday

I hope it's going as it should or One thing that must be understood or'... something something -ood

Some people can enjoy their birthdays (that just doesn't say what I wanted it to)

Others give them up for good

As written on September 1993 printout:

Well I've heard today's your birthday
So now how old does that make you?
Many people have had birthdays
But have no idea what to do.