text: Happy happy oh my friend
  Blow out candles once again
  Leave the presents all inside
  Take my hand
  And let’s take a ride
  Backwards down the number line
  You were eight and I was nine
  Do you know what happened then?
  Do you know why we’re still friends?
  Laughing all these many years
  We pushed through hardships tasted tears
  Made a promise one to keep
  I can still recite it in my sleep
  Every time a birthday comes
  Call your friend and sing a song
  Or whisper it into his ear
  Or write it down
  Just don’t miss a year
  You decide what it contains
  How long it goes but this remains
  The only rule is it begins
  Happy happy oh my friend
  All my friends
  Come backwards down the number line
  And when I see you coming down the line
  With eyes wide open
  Somewhere in between the past and future
  Where you drift in time
  And you can see a different point of view