¡Happy Birthday, Zalim!
Born on a February morning,
Presumably somewhere in Turkey,
Or Midwestern Anywhere.
Some age much faster,
And some age reverse;
You're aging sideways,
Maybe you're age-averse?
Age, the age-old curse:
Only when it stops is it worse.
[Chorus]
Streamers, pinatas, and
Small root beer floats
By the armada
For your friends and their folks.
Go get your presents,
They're beneath all the coats,
In the bedroom, so close
That you can't quite believe it, but almost.
[Chorus]
¡Happy Birthday, Zalim!
Here is your cake and pie and ice cream;
Your coffee is steamed to Turkish perfection.
Wish I could be there, but your stepmom's the hitch:
See, she thinks I'm crazy,
And I know she's a bitch,
So I bought you this drumset
To drive her to drink.
It's louder than you'd think,
And I scratched the "-ildjan" off the cymbals, and in ink
Wrote "¡Happy Birthday, Zalim!"
So when you become a big rock drummer,
Toiling away in the bars of
Midwestern Anywhere,
Remember me,
Who, on a February morning,
Gave you the key to a weird, old kingdom.
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