Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Music Video. No real cakes were blown up (or shot or burned by a dragon) for this video; I'm not a psychopath.

A song for the 8 billion or so people who don't have a birthday today!

Lyrics by Karl Johanson, who rewrote the song many times for a decade or so, then utilized some digital technology to produce the song. *Salute and respect to artists who don't need any variety of digital help to output what's in their head.*

Copies of the song are available for a buck (Canadian) from:
karljohanson.bandcamp.com/track/its-not-your-birthday

lyrics
It’s not your birthday, no it’s really not.
It’s not your birthday, but the day isn’t shot.
I didn’t buy you a snake, didn’t get you a rake.
I didn’t even try to bake you a birthday cake.

But it’s still gunna be okay
That it’s not your birthday
You might as well enjoy it, I say
Cuz the day gunna happen, anyway

Woo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo

But it’s still gunna be okay
That it’s not your birthday
You might as well enjoy it, I say
Cuz the day gunna happen, anyway

Woo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo

I didn’t buy you a truck, didn’t get you a duck.
I don't feel like a shmuck, that I didn't spend a buck.
It’s not your birthday, we both know that's true.
It’s not your birthday, but you don't have to be blue.

But it’s still gunna be okay
That it’s not your birthday
You might as well enjoy it, I say
Cuz the day gunna happen, anyway

released August 16, 2025

Happy not your birthday!

Video edited with Adobe Premiere Elements 2024. Video effects done with multiple programs.

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