Birthday

Lyrics

She had a birthday yesterday, she cried
Took off her glasses, let her hair down, cried
She told them all at work about the day
How it is no-one came?
Whoa oh, whoa oh

She sent the invitations to her friends
They were too busy doing other things
She told them all at work about the day
How it is no-one came?
Whoa oh, whoa oh

She took the decorations from the wall
Was it the ladder, loose, that made her fall?
She told them all at work about the day
How is it no-one came?
Whoa oh, whoa oh

She had a birthday yesterday, she cried

(Whoa oh, whoa oh)
(Whoa oh, whoa oh)
(Whoa oh, whoa oh)
(Whoa oh, whoa oh)
(Whoa oh, whoa oh)
(Whoa oh, whoa oh)
(Whoa oh, whoa oh)

Had a birthday yesterday, she cried
Took off her glasses, let her hair down and she sighed
She told them all at work about her day
How is it no-one came? 
Woe, woe

Took the invitations to her friends
They were too busy doing other things
Told them all at work about her day
How is it no-one came? 
Woe, woe

She took the decorations from the wall
It was the ladder, loose, that made her fall
She told them all at work about her day
How is it no-one came? 
Woe, woe

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Footnotes

Sources / Links

• Hanley, Steve and Piekarski, Olivia (2014). The Big Midweek: Life Inside The Fall. Pontefract: Route.
• Mackay, Tommy (2018). 40 Odd Years of The Fall. Place of publication unknown: Greg Moodie.
• Pringle, Steve (2022). You Must Get Them All: The Fall on Record. [paperback edition]. Pontefract: Route Publishing Ltd. [Online store]
• Smith, Mark E. with Austin Collings (2009). Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith. London: Penguin. (Originally published by Viking, 2008). [Available online in the Internet Archive]
• Smith Start, Brix (2016). The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise. London: Faber & Faber. [Text available online in archive.org]
• The Track Record: “Birthday”
• Wolstencroft, Simon (2014). You Can Drum But You Can’t Hide. London: Strata Books.