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Five Years Old
Loudon Wainwright III

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Happy birthday Martha, happy birthday, birthday girl

I'm sorry I can't be there for that party, birthday girl

But pin the tail upon the donkey in that party dress

Balloons, and cake, 2 kinds of ice cream

I guess you'll be a mess


Five years old, Five years old

Five years old, Five years old


Be nice to all your pals, and cousins

Remember they're your guests

Share the fun with your big brother

As friends go, he's your best

I know that they'll sing happy birthday

When those lights go out

Make a wish it just might come true

Blow those candles out


Five years old, Five years old

Five years old, Five years old


I Hope yo get the gifts you wanted

On your special day

The pet store was all out of ponies

Maybe next birthday

I know you can not play with flowers

They're nice to smell and see

But if you got some roses on your birthday

They're from me

I won't forget the day that you were born

Five years ago

We were happy and excited and we loved you so

You're growing up so quickly

Now, I feel a little sad, after all I am your daddy


Five years old, Five years old

Five years old, Five years old


[Chorus:]


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Lyrics by Loudon Wainwright III

  1994   4 X 10   A.M. World   Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder   Bein’ A Dad   Between   Bill Mason’s Bride   Breakfast In Bed   Career Moves   Carrickfergus   Christmas Morning   Cobwebs   Come A Long Way   Conspiracies   Date Line   Dead Skunk   Doctor   Double Lifetime   Dreaming   East Indian Princess   Father / Daughter Dialogue   Graveyard   Grown Man   Guru   Hank And Fred   Hard Day On The Planet   High Wide & Handsome   High Wide & Handsome   Homeless   Hospital Lady   I Am the Way (New York Town)   I Remember Sex   I Wish I Was A Lesbian   I'd Rather Be Lonely   I'm Alright   I'd Rather Be Lonely   I'm Alright   In C [Explicit]   Inaugural Blues   Kick In The Head   Last Man On Earth   Living Alone   Lullaby   Lullaby   Men   Missing You   Motel Blues   Mr. Ambivalent   Mr. Guilty   Muse Blues   My Meds [Explicit]   New Paint   Nocturnal Stumblebutt   Not John   Number One   Ode To A Pittsburgh   OGM (Out Going Message)   Older Than My Old Man Now   One Man Guy   Our Own War   Over the Hill   Passion Play   Plane Too   Pretty Good Day   Pretty Little Martha   Rowena   Samson & The Warden   Samson & The Warden   Say That You Love Me   School Days   So Damn Happy   So Many Songs   So Much To Do   Sometimes I Forget   Strange Weirdos   Suddenly It's Christmas   Suddenly It's Christmas   Surviving Twin   Sweet Sunny South   Swimming Song   Synchronicity   T.S.M.N.W.A.   Talking New Bob Dylan   Thanksgiving   The [Untitled]   The Capitalism Blues   The Days That We Die   The Drinking Song   The Grammy Song   The Here & the Now   The Man Who Couldn't Cry   The Man Who Couldn't Cry   The Picture   Therapy   Tip That Waitress   Tonya’s Twirls   Turkish Revelry   Unhappy Anniversary   Unrequited To The Nth Degree   Uptown   Valley Morning   Westchester County   What Gives   When I'm At Your House   When I'm At Your House   White Winos   X Or Y   Y2K   You Can't Fail Me Now   You Never Phone   Your Mother & I   Your Mother & I

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