Birthday boy
 can't explain
 Christmas Eve
 He's born again

 On the line
 a broken train
 going nowhere
 Endless rain

 Birthday Boy
 so afraid
 plays the machines
 in the arcade

 Oh baby do you remember
 he's been through all this before?
 Spent the summer
 getting nowhere
 Taking all of the blame
 for the city
 calculating
 from [bad word] pity

 Christmas Eve
 a time of joy
 if you believe
 in Birthday Boy

 This time around
 it's all a mistake
 Is he deluded
 or just a fake?

 Oh baby do you remember
 he's been through all this before?
 Spent the summer
 getting nowhere
 Taking all of the blame
 for the city
 calculating
 from [bad word] pity

 If you knew his name
 would you feel the same?
 If you knew his name?

 Birthday boy
 stands apart
 as the drama's
 about to start

 quick betrayal
 speedy trial
 As before [bad word] denial

 Oh baby do you remember
 he's been through all this before?
 Spent the summer
 getting nowhere
 Taking all of the blame
 for the city
 calculating
 from [bad word] pity

 If you knew his name
 would you feel the same?