I remember seeing you for the first timenIn grade onenYou had your hair in pigtailsnMine was cut with a basinnIt was Saint Patrick's on the hillnOur parents did enlist nWhen you first spoke to menI nearly choked on my jam sandwichnnYou were the dux and I was the duncenI thought all my little-lunchesnHad come at oncennDanielle, DaniellenOur conversations were dictated by the bellnDaniellennWe did the progressive barn dancenAt the primary school ballnArmed with two clammy hands and a pair of left feetnI circled the science hallnThe chance for me to ask you to benMy friend would soon be gonenBy the time I plucked up my couragenI heard a voice say Pass your partners onnnI'm now inclined to saynThat like my asthma, you took my breath awaynnDanielle, DaniellenMy palms were as sweaty as hellnDaniellennBut I guess in those days nYou had to be careful of getting girl germsnIf a girl tried to hold my hand I'd probably panicnAnd give her a Chinese burnnnAnd so the years rolled by and didn't seem to stopnOur milk containers were exchanged for bottles of Passion PopnOur friends would help us drink them down the park in the treesnOur nights at the Railway Hotel are still so clear in my memorynnMemory, memorynnAnd I remember your birthday, 21 yearsnI didn't turn up just because I heard your dadnWas putting on free beernWe gathered there your friends and me to singnTo singnnDanielle, DaniellenWe wish you wellnDaniellenn21 years, 21 years