A written letter in her hand, this is how it read:


 Turned sixteen just yesterday (ooh-ooh-ooh)
 All my world was bright and gay (ooh-ooh-ooh)
 Thought for sure you'd write or call but you didn't after all
 Got the Happy Birthday Blues (Happy Birthday Blues)

 Maybe you had lots to do (ooh-ooh-ooh)
 Or you found somebody new (ooh-ooh-ooh)
 How I pray you'll hear my plea, I'm as lonely as can be
 Got the Happy Birthday Blues (Happy Birthday Blues)

 I planned just how this day would be for such a long, long time
 You'd wish me "Happy Birthday" while I held your hand in mine
 I'd blow out all the candles while I wished that you and I
 Would be together ever more until the day we die

 As I sit here in the gloom (ooh-ooh-ooh)
 Of my cold and lonely room (ooh-ooh-ooh)
 How my heart is filled with fears and my eyes are filled with tears
 Got the Happy Birthday Blues (Happy Birthday Blues