Every year December finds me
Long before the winter snow
Funny how four little numbers
Still become the place I go
Life keeps moving all around me
People change and seasons fade
Still one quiet little moment
Brings me back to yesterday
Funny how the years keep passing
Still one date remains the same
Twelve, twelve still lights up December
Twelve, twelve my heart still remembers
I don’t wish for yesterday
I only hope wherever you are
Today feels beautiful too
There’s a picture in the hallway
Nobody thinks to move
I still catch it without trying
Like I always used to do
Time has taught me how to carry
Everything I couldn’t change
Some goodbyes don’t end in silence
They just quietly remain
Twelve, twelve your name still sounds like music
Twelve, twelve one simple date still moves me
Every winter comes again
So does everything I miss
Maybe love was never measured
By the years we got to keep
Maybe love is learning slowly
How to live with memories
If I had one wish today
I wouldn’t ask for yesterday
I’d only say Happy Birthday
Then let the music play
Twelve, twelve another year has found us
Twelve, twelve though life has gone around us
Some people leave your story
Yet never leave your heart
So every time December comes
I’ll close my eyes
Smile
And wish you Happy Birthday
