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Words
Verse 1
Maeve is thirteen and she is not impressed
Not with the cake, not with the song, not with me
She has perfected an expression, one eyebrow
That says, auntie, please, we are in public
I love it. I think it's genuinely excellent
It's exactly what I did at thirteen too
Pre-Chorus
So I've made you a song to be embarrassed by
Which is, and I have checked, the point of aunties
Chorus
Thirteen and not impressed, happy birthday
Roll your eyes and let us sing it anyway
You can hate this in the kitchen with your friends here
And love it in your headphones on the bus
Verse 2
You read three books a week and tell nobody
You draw hands over and over till they're right
You're kinder to your brother than you'd ever want recorded
And I am recording it, because that's the job
It is a hard year, thirteen. Everybody forgets
I haven't. It's a long tunnel with good lights
Chorus
Thirteen and not impressed, happy birthday
Roll your eyes and let us sing it anyway
You can hate this in the kitchen with your friends here
And love it in your headphones on the bus
Bridge
Text me anything, at any hour of the night
I will not tell your mother, within reason
That offer stands until I'm ninety-something
And I mean it more than any candle on that cake
Final Chorus
Thirteen and not impressed, happy birthday
Roll your eyes and let us sing it anyway
One day you'll be somebody's embarrassing auntie
And you are going to be so good at it
Outro
Happy birthday, Maeve
Eyebrow up. Off you go
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