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The Decemberishes - December Birthday Song

from Tumultuous Savages by Peril

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For all those poor souls born during December, when all people can think about are the holidays, we give you DECEMBER BIRTHDAY SONG.

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No cards in my mailbox
No texts on my phone
Don't they know this day
Is supposed to be my day?
Guess I'm gonna spend it all alone
 
No flowers or presents
No night on the town
Don't they know this time
Is supposed to be my time?
Seems that my friends always let me down.

December is an awful month to have a birthday
The holidays are all everybody's thinking of  
December is an awful month to have a birthday
'Cause no one has the time to give you any birthday love

Occasionally friends will give me a token birthday present
Regifting some unwanted bric-a-brac
If I could only have a moment
Of their true attention
I would gladly give all those gifts back.

I'm no baby Jesus
I'm no baby New Year
How can I compete
I surrender in defeat
Spin a dreidel made of clay one time for me

December is an awful month to have a birthday
There's too many things that all your friends and family need to do.
December is an awful month to have a birthday
No one has the time to celebrate your day with you.

December is an awful month to have a birthday
The holidays are all everybody's thinking of  
December is an awful month to have a birthday
'Cause no one has the time to give you any birthday love

credits

from Tumultuous Savages, track released January 24, 2015
Words by Eytan Mirsky, Zoenda McIntosh, and Matt Brown
Music by Zoenda McIntosh

PERFORMED BY THE DECEMBERISHES

Eytan Mirsky: vocals
Zoenda McIntosh: vocals
Matt Brown: vocals; acoustic guitar, acoustic, percussion, church bells (synth) and mix.
Joe Scinta: drums
Tess Hoffman, Diana Chadwell Brown and Dara Diamant: background vocals
Joe Lawless: electric rhythm guitar
Joe Giddings: lead electric guitar
Jeremy Cohen: bass
Gary maher: keys

VIDEO edited by Paul Abrelat:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-9-ovnTN8A

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Peril Culver City, California

Do you like weird songs written on ukulele? Perhaps with bleeps and bloops and loops? Then you're in the right place. A man recently heard a song of mine and called it The Andrews Sisters-meets-They Might Be Giants, with swirling guitars. Another friend heard a song of mine and called it Modern Sons of The Pioneers. I've made songs deemed charming and lush. Sounds about right. ... more

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