September 6, 2011

• The Birthday Song (Added Lyrics)

  I used to spend my birthday at The Oyster Festival in Norwalk. The first year that I did that (I was turning 19, I think), there was a kick-butt local blues band playing. They played Feelin’ Alright, and they played it really well. I loved it so much that it became “my birthday song”.

  I haven’t been to The Oyster Festival in years, but every year around my birthday, I am sure to listen to my birthday song at least once. I turn it up real loud, sing along, and sort of dance (one can’t really call what I do dancing – haha). This year, I’m sharing it with you:

  
  

  Seems I got to have a change of scene
  Cause every night I have the strangest dream
  Imprisoned by the way, yeah, it could’ve been
  Left here on my own or so it seems
  I got to leave before I start to scream
  But someone’s locked the door and took the key

  Feelin’ alright, (uh oh)
  Not feelin’ too good myself, (uh oh)
  Feelin’ alright, (uh oh)
  Not feelin’ that good myself, (uh oh)

  Boy you sure took me for one big ride
  Even now I sit and I wonder why
  And when I think of you I stop myself from cryin’
  I Just can’t waste my time I must get by
  Got to stop belivin’ in all your lies
  Cause there’s too much to do before I die

  Feelin’ alright, (uh oh)
  Not feelin’ too good myself, (uh oh)
  Oh no, Feelin’ alright, (uh oh)
  Not feelin’ that good myself, (uh oh)

  (Feelin’ alright) Don’t you get too lost in all I say
  Yeah, but at the time you know I really felt that way
  But that was then and now you know it’s today
  I can’t escape so I guess I’m here to stay
  ’til someone comes along to take my place
  With a different name and a different face

  • 8:17 pm
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