Name: Birthday Cards
Duration: P00H03M16S
Description: A song about saying those things that are so often hardest to say. Shower the People You Love With Love, and all that :)

Birthday Cards

by Wilder Adkins

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A song about saying those things that are so often hardest to say. Shower the People You Love With Love, and all that :)

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All the things I long to hear
All the things I wish you’d say
You write it in my birthday cards
But you won’t say it to my face

A line or two of simple prose
Hand written “I Love You”
Oh Darling, don’t you kid yourself
That’s not the best that you could do

Yes I do long to be loved
Someone that you could feel proud of
But once a year is not enough
To say just how you feel
No, not if it’s for real

Believe me I don’t mean to hurt
You’re everything to me
And I am so thankful for your words
Though they are few and far between

But I must tell you, Love is not a stone
No, love is like a field
How it is changing every single day
How you must plow and sow to yield

Yes I do long to be loved
Someone that you could feel proud of
But once a year is not enough
To say just how you feel
No, not if it’s for real

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released March 1, 2024
Words and Music by Wilder Adkins

Wilder Adkins - Guitar, Vocals
Upright Bass - Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Violin - Eliza Warden

Recorded and Mixed by Joel Madison Blount
Mastered by Nick Petersen, Track and Field Recording

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