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Verse 1
Sixty years, and you still tell me how to boil an egg
I'm a nurse. I have kept whole people breathing
You say, yes, but not like this, and take the pan
And honestly, your eggs are better. Fine. They are
You corrected my homework, my posture and my husband
And you were right about two of the three
Pre-Chorus
So here is your birthday, and I'm not making dinner
You are sitting down and someone else is cooking
Chorus
Sixty, Mum, and still correcting me
Long may it carry on, and loudly
I would rather be told off by you at sixty
Than agreed with by the whole rest of the world
Verse 2
You worked two jobs and never once called it hardship
You called it Tuesday, and you called it fine
You ironed a uniform at midnight for a girl
Who wanted to be somebody in a corridor
I'm her. I'm in the corridor. It worked
So all of this is yours, technically speaking
Chorus
Sixty, Mum, and still correcting me
Long may it carry on, and loudly
I would rather be told off by you at sixty
Than agreed with by the whole rest of the world
Bridge
One day I'll be the one who's sixty and correcting
And I will hear your voice come out of me
And I will not mind at all. I think I'll like it
I'll say, that's your grandmother, and be pleased
Outro
Happy birthday, Mum
Sit down, I mean it
Yes. I'll use the good pan
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