Happy Birthday Don't Die

Call it planet spins

The new unified government sleeps

The tidy pension accrues

She's the sum of the tchotchkes she keeps

She's a hundred years old tonight

In the spring of 2106

In the flickering of video light

Sometimes widow is the word that sticks

Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday

As we all go spinning off into the sky

Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday

Don't die

The planet is covered in steel

Yeah, the moon goes on wasting its light

While the widow is watching the reel

It won't keep her warmed at night

Her children are light years away

Asleep as the ships hurdle on

Where she once had a reason to stay

But her reason is long gone

Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday

As we all go spinning off into the sky

Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday

Don't die, don't die

She gave birth to seven grown men

Oh, and then they each had seven more

She would do it all over again

But the soles of her feet are sore

Nightfall is just an idea

It's suppertime when she succumbs

The tiny pension is real

Plays on although she is done

Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday

As we all go spinning off into the sky

Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday

Don't die, don't die, don't die