Show ONCE OVER OVER- UN Birthday Cake Bitter Biffer to Cynics By H. H I. I PHILLIPS PHILLIP fABY BABY you aint but youre you're pretty wonderful You have much to learn but youre you're learning fast fait You look bad badat badat badat at time times but but after all aU youre you're engaged engaged en In something more mora Important than a beauty contest You fumble tumble the ball bail bunt when you should hould slug forget to touch sec lee second ond and and try to steal teal third wl with the bases full fuU but the tho errors erron are art tip all excusable because you ou are In tri tit the th epic contest the world classic the toughest and most Important battle in history Even on your oft off days you ou hold bold the world worlds brightest promise e Five years yean old Dirt D t In you JOU are arC the yearnings yearning of 2000 years the echo of at the Sermon on the Mount the pra prayers pray ers ere t of mothers over their sons ions through the Ute centuries Youre You're a kill kid In years year but bat through you JOU the world may find the wisdom of 01 the prophets the longing of 01 the patriarchs the sagacity of ot the wise men meD and the fortitude of f f the martyrs Yes Yel babe youre you're sneered at and belittled by the cynics cynic but bui you JOu will live to t. make them eat ut crow craw and to t. repeat one ct day i the words word You believe because I you have bue seen een blessed blend are those thOI who believe yet Jet have not seen aeeD 5 e You haven't bavent t been ibis able t to t. end nd double talk taUt give the sticker the works worb or Of eliminate the gas 18 man in La I International huddles huddle I but you are making swell strides In that general direction You still endure bores and end longwinded longwinded longwinded long- long winded diplomats too patiently proceed pro pro- ee geed too timidly on occasions and take too long to reach decisions decision now and then but are entitled to demand What do you ou expect of ofa a year old year old Miracles Let the th critics scoff you OU have bave havethe havethe the pray prayers era of ot families in every land on earth The guidance of Providence Is II asked for you ou in straw hut but Igloo cave dugout trench shanty bungalow tenement cabin and castle At your best beat you lift our spirits stir aUr our hearts burts make our blood tingle and make us u. want to dance In the streets sing sine In the shops and give thanks thank at the nearest altar la In the moments of ot snafu natu you make visible the goal posts and you ou keep them from Crom being moved all U over the lot Youve You've tagged the tyrants the tho dictators the foul bath balls the tho ag age and the double dealers double dealers and labelled them to a fare thee fare thee well Youre You're making makin goose grease ma larkey and banana oil scarcer and aud andover andover over the seats seat of ef the international delicatessen dealers deafens you have raised in neon lights No matter bow you slice It It Is Is still tiU Youve You've got at a Ion long way to go 0 and anda a lot to do co but youre you're no front runner Youve You've got what It takes Happy birthday kid With simultaneous si II l- l and consecutive trans lations |