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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

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

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

If you knew his name

Would you feel the same

If you knew his name

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Birthday boy stands apart

As the drama's about to start

A quick betrayal, a speedy trial

As before, complete denial

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

If you knew his name

Would you feel the same

Coda