Transcriber's Note: This is, by far, the greatest hit of Benny Angle. It's musically noteworthy for the modulation after the secondrefrain: up one whole step and into a minor key! It goes major for the final refrains.
What would I have done with a chance to say goodbye?
I don't know and I don't care
What I would have done with a chance to say goodbye
I just wish that it was there.
Wish you could have kept our pace
I try to believe
That you're in a better place
Even so, I grieve
Happy birthday
Wish you were here
Happy birthday
It's been one year
Happy birthday
By my mind's gauge
Happy birthday
You'll never age.
You were not a basket case
I cannot conceive
You'd do this without a trace
Of what caused you to leave
Happy birthday…
I hope that you've found some peace.
Those still here, alive
Know that their lives miss a piece
When yourself you deprive
Happy birthday... (twice).