Smile I’m older be happy
It’s ok that your gifts are crappy.
Mom made my favorite dish
The cake says I’ll get my wish.
Smile I’m older be glad
It’s was quite a year I had
They all say that I will go far
They’re right, lend me the car.
Smile I’m older be still
They say that I’m over the hill
I swung and broke the piñata
It was hard in a miata.
Smile I’m older be nice
Say things slowly and twice
Have fun enjoy the beers
Drink to me last more years
Slaving away from nine to five
Stop to make sure I’m alive
Paper jammed the machine
Give up and get some caffeine
Check the TV and hope that they say
“Arlington county has a snow day”
Waiting, and praying to see
If they will let me be free
For Fairfax the announcer has said
It’s ok, give up, go back to bed
Then Culpepper, Herndon and P.G.
They’re all closed even DC.
I watch and wonder through the whole show
Every one is off but Arlington must go.
Sunday
Doughnuts, comics and a coke
Redskins, beer nuts, dirty joke.
Kicked back in a lazy boy
The remote is no toy.
Get pointed at the TV wall
We’re ready for some football
Dad hates aunt Sally
Mom hates uncle Steve
My sis wants to dally
And I want leave
Grandma thinks she is wise
Grandpa knows she is not
I say she lies
Oh perish the thought
I can’t control my rage
I’ve become unstable
It happens at this age
At the kids table
We must get out
We must before we crack
Before we shout
“We’re not coming back!”