She lives in this house over there
Has her world outside it
Scrabbles in the earth with her fingers and her mouth
She's five years old
Threads worms on a string
Keeps spiders in her pocket
Collects fly wings in a jar
Scrubs horse flies and, and pinches them on a line

Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh

She has one friend, he lives next door
They're listening to the weather
He knows how many freckles she's got
She scratches his beard
She's painting huge books
And glues them together
They saw a big raven
It glided down the sky
She touched it

Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh

Today is her birthday
They're smoking cigars
He's got a chain of flowers
And sews a bird in her knickers

Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh

They're smoking cigars
They lie in the bathtub
A chain of flowers


Lyrics submitted by Neon_Like, edited by bleachershane

Birthday Lyrics as written by Einar Benediktsson Bjork Gudmundsdottir

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

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    According to Björk, "Birthday" is a "tasteless pop song" about a five-year-old girl who has a love affair with the man next door, who is celebrating his fiftieth birthday

    FetalAnarchiston December 05, 2009   Link

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