Birthday Song

(album: Don McLean - 1972)

If I could say the things I feel, it wouldn't be the same
Some things are not spoken of, some things have no name
And though the words come hard to me I'll say them just for you
For this is something rare for me this feeling is so new

You see I love the way you love me
Love the way you smile at me
I love the way we live this life we're in

Long ago I heard the song that lovers sing to me
And through the days with each new phrase I hummed that melody
And all along I loved the song but I never learned it through
But since the day you came along, I've saved it just for you

You see I love the way you love me
Love the way you smile at me,
I love the way we live this life we're in

I don't believe in magic but I do believe in you
And when you say you believe in me
There's so much magic I can do

Now you see me, now you don't watch me dive below
Deep down in your love lake where the sweet fish come and go
And I might sink, and I might drown but death don't mean a thing
'Cause life continues right or wrong when I play this
birthday song
I learned from you
And you can't even sing...