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Your Birthday Without You

from Your Birthday Without You by Salim Nourallah

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your birthday without you (words & music by salim nourallah)



i woke up at 6 to send a sweet birthday message

i hoped for it to be the very 1st thing you saw

you wrote, "you sound like a Hallmark card"

that was all you said but at least you'd read it

i went back to bed

then got up at 10

had some breakfast, listened to a song again

that i'd written the night before

i thought of changing all the words to make it yours

i started celebrating your birthday, you know i was celebrating your birthday



without you



i imagined how cute you must've looked

as a four year old girl with all those dark, dark curls

then i went out and bought you a book

i even to a look as i flipped through the pages

i picked up a cupcake, picked out some cards

bought you more than one because deciding was too hard

i might've checked my phone a couple of times

there was no word from you

i played it cool, stood in line

that's how i was celebrating your birthday, you know i was celebrating your birthday



without you



i had dinner at a restaurant that i eat at all the time

told myself, "she's doing yoga after work, everything's fine”

still had the cards to sign, still had to buy some candles

hit the grocery store with a bunch of guys in sandals

and now the sun's gone down, i'm sitting in my car

waiting for your call, thinking of visiting a bar

i think i had a pretty good attitude

that lasted all day long although your non-participation was rude



it would've been more fun to spend your birthday with you

a helluva lot more fun to spend your birthday with you



you were born today, you're a miracle! you were born today, you're a miracle!


that's all i have to say as i wrap up your birthday

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from Your Birthday Without You, released October 15, 2021

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Salim Nourallah Dallas, Texas

Salim Nourallah is a recording artist, producer, Happiness Records founder, and Texas indie music fixture. His 2018 release, Somewhere South of Sane, is a 21-song double LP. Popmatters recently wrote, "Nourallah manages both to surprise and to continue doing exactly what he's always done: turn a reflective life and a focus on family into unforgettable art." ... more

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