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Unhappy Birthday

I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
Because you're evil
And you lie
And if you should die
I may feel slightly sad
(But I won't cry!)

Loved and lost
and some may say:
"When usually it's Nothing
Surely you're happy
It should be this way?"
I say. "No, I'm gonna kill my dog!1
May the lines sag, may the lines sag heavy
And deep tonight!"

I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
Because you're evil
And you lie
And if you should die
I may feel slightly sad
(But I won't cry!)

Loved and lost
and some may say:
"When usually it's Nothing
Surely you're happy
It should be this way?"
I say. "No"
And then I shot myself2
So drink, drink, drink
And be ill tonight
From the one you left behind
From the one you left behind
From the one you left behind
From the one you left behind
Behind, behind..
Oh unhappy birthday!


The lyrics to this song are a predictably bold and ‘miserable’ mix with lots of humour.

1 2 The use of these hyperbolic expressions probably serves to reiterate the firm conviction in rejecting the condition of 'seduced and abandoned' to which the speaker has been forced by the recipient of the inauspicious birthday wish.



Album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Year of Publication: 1987
Lyrics: Morrissey
Music: Johnny Marr

last update: 14/06/2025

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Infelice compleanno

Sono venuto ad augurarti un infelice compleanno
Sono venuto ad augurarti un infelice compleanno
Perché sei malvagio
E menti
E se morissi
Potrei sentirmi un po' triste
(Ma non piangerò!)

Amato e perduto
E alcuni direbbero:
"Se di solito non sei felice
con certezza di Nulla,
perché dovresti esserlo così?"
Rispondo: "No, ucciderò il mio cane!
Che le tue rughe possano accentuarsi, che possano accentuarsi
Pesantemente e sprofondare stanotte!"

Sono venuto ad augurarti un infelice compleanno
Sono venuto ad augurarti un infelice compleanno
Perché sei malvagio
E menti
E se morissi
Potrei sentirmi un po' triste
(Ma non piangerò!)

Amato e perduto
E alcuni direbbero:
"Se di solito non sei felice
di Nulla con certezza
Perché dovresti esserlo così?"
Rispondo: "No"
E poi mi sono sparato
Allora bevi, bevi, bevi
E stai male stanotte
Da colui che ti sei lasciato alle spalle
Da colui che ti sei lasciato alle spalle
Da colui che ti sei lasciato alle spalle
Da colui che ti sei lasciato alle spalle
Alle spalle, alle spalle...
Oh infelice compleanno!


Il testo di questa canzone è un mix prevedibilmente audace e "deprimente" con molto umorismo.

1 2 L'uso di queste espressioni iperboliche probabilmente servono a ribadire la convinzione ferma nel rifiutare la condizione di "sedotto e abbandonato" al quale chi parla è stato costretto dal destinatario dell'infausto augurio di compleanno.



Album: Strangeways, Here We Come
Anno di pubblicazione: 1987
Testo: Morrissey
Musica: Johnny Marr

ultimo agg.: 14/06/2025

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