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Words
Verse 1
There is a cake in the break room and it's leaning
Somebody bought it from the garage after ten
There are eleven candles, because that's what they had
And you are turning fifty-eight, Dolores
We have got precisely four minutes to do this
Before the buzzer goes and we all run
Pre-Chorus
So sit down on the chair with the broken arm
And let the whole night shift make a fuss of you
Chorus
Happy birthday in the break room, Dolores
Under a light that's been flickering since March
Bad cake, good people, and four minutes
We would not do this for just anybody
Verse 2
Thirty-one years, and you still check on the new ones
You still learn every patient's grandkid's name
You caught a thing last April that the rest of us all missed
And never said a word about it after
You keep a bag of sweets inside your locker
For the students on their first night, when they wobble
Chorus
Happy birthday in the break room, Dolores
Under a light that's been flickering since March
Bad cake, good people, and four minutes
We would not do this for just anybody
Bridge
When you go, and you keep saying that you will
This place is going to be a different building
So while you're here, and there's cake, and it is quiet
Let somebody say it to your face for once
Final Chorus
Happy birthday in the break room, Dolores
Under a light that's been flickering since March
Bad cake, good people, and four minutes
And every one of us would cover you tonight
Outro
Happy birthday, Dolores
Buzzer's going
Take the cake with you
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