Birthday Boy lyrics

Birthday boy

Can't explain

Christmas Eve

He's born again

On the line

A broken train going nowhere

Endless rain

Birthday boy

So afraid

Plays the machines in the arcade

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Oh baby do you remember

He's been through all this before?

Spent the summer getting nowhere

Taking all of the blame for the city

Calculating from pain

Comes pity

Christmas Eve

A time of joy

If you believe in Birthday boy

This time around

It's all a mistake

Is he deluded

Or just a fake?

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If you knew his name

Would you feel the same?

If you knew his name?

Birthday boy

Stands apart

As the drama's about to start

A quick betrayal

A speedy trial

As before

Complete denial

[Chorus]

• Artist:Pet Shop Boys
• Album:Release (2002)