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It's Never Gonna Be My Birthday

from Subliminal Massage by Joey Hines

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You keep making these promises we both know you won't keep
Telling me how great it's gonna be when the judge lets us walk free
If you could see what runs through my mind when I'm trying to sleep
You would never look me in the eye as long as we both breathe

'Cause I know it's never gonna be my birthday
And I know it's never gonna be my birthday
And you don't ever think about me anyway
And I know it's never gonna be my birthday

I told Peggy Sue, girl, all I want is you, but she still was cool as ice
I told Mary Beth, I will love you to death, now doesn't that sound nice
Annabel Lee was the only one for me, and I wrote a hundred songs
For Katie Brown, but they just made her frown, what the fuck am I doing wrong

God, I know it's never gonna be my birthday
And I know it's never gonna be my birthday
And you don't ever think about me in that way
But I know it's never gonna be my birthday

Maybe in a foreign country on the other side of the world
Maybe there they treat their people the way they deserve
Maybe in the past you loved me, or were you just being polite
Maybe we had something real in our former lives

I went down to the river so that I could wash my hair
I met a dancing singing frog, but I was unprepared
I had no cage, no camera, but it happened, I swear
He walked away down the opposite bank, well I'm sure he's much happier there

But I know it's never gonna be my birthday
And I know it's never gonna be my birthday
And you don't ever think about me anyway
And now I know it's never gonna be my birthday

Maybe in a foreign country on the other side of the world
Maybe there they treat their people the way they deserve
Maybe in the past you loved me, or were you just being polite
Maybe we had something real in our former lives
Maybe in a foreign country on the other side of the world
Maybe there they treat their people the way they deserve
Maybe in the past you loved me, or were you just being polite
Maybe we and I were real in our former lives

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from Subliminal Massage, released February 27, 2015

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Joey Hines Las Vegas, Nevada

Joey Hines is a Las Vegas-based singer-songwriter. Inspired by classic alternative & indie artists, as well as the unconventional perspectives of outsider musicians, Hines blends a knack for memorable melodies with an imaginative & heartfelt lyrical style. Listeners might be reminded of the unfiltered emotion of Daniel Johnston & the eloquent rhymes of The Magnetic Fields. ... more

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