Bass For My Birthday

(Album: Black Bottom - 1981)

I had a bass for my birthday this year
And I have learnt to play
And I'll smash any pranny
That comes 'round here
And tries to have my bass away

That very same day
That I learnt how to play
Outside our house just hanging about
Was a mush in blue jeans
That were frayed at the seams
Who said he was a talent scout

I had a bass for my birthday
A bass for my birthday
A bass for my birthday
I learnt to play today

I thought I had a pretty good name
I was called Van Erickson
But he said he knew best
And had tattooed on my chest
My new name, Mickey Moron

Now you'll have to go far
Before you beat me I tell ya
'Cause now I'm a flipping great star
I've been on TV so it's easy to see
How I got this big house and this car

I had a bass for my birthday
(A bass for my birthday)
A bass for my birthday
(A bass for my birthday)
I learned to play today

Magic

I had a bass for my birthday
(A bass for my birthday)
A bass for my birthday
(A bass for my birthday)
I learned to play today

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday Mickey Moron
Happy birthday to you

Hello Mickey

Awe magic
Awe that's a lovely bit of art
Listen to that

Ah this is, this is too much
I reckon I'm gonna be a star for about
Thirty years at this rate
I'm gonna have a number one
That's gonna last a bleeding year
It's beautiful

Hey, hey you get off my Rolls
Hey that's my Rolls Royce

Mickey, Mickey love, wake up
You're gonna be late

Awe no Mama
I was having such a beautiful dream
D'yo know, I dreamt
That I had a bass for my birthday