Happy Birthday Helen

About Happy Birthday Helen

"Happy Birthday Helen" is a song written by Greg Arnold and recorded by Australian folk-rock band Things of Stone and Wood. The song was released in November 1992 as the second single from the band's debut studio album The Yearning. "Happy Birthday Helen" peaked at number 9 on the ARIA Charts in February 1993.

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2000

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Let's not forget last night
Yeah, how we drove along the Yarra
How we sang harmonies
To Carole King

These three years now just gone
They are the legends of my mind
We both kneel at these rocks
To drink of the memory

You are the tunes in my head, 
The fire in my ribs
You are the voice in my heart 
That whispers compassion
Happy birthday Helen
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

We kissed on that bridge that fell down
While we held hands at the Taj
We've been stuck in a cave
With that bloke who says Oi Am

And when I cried for my cruel heart
You rubbed my back 'til I felt better
We ate bread on the lake
And yearned for the seasons

You are the tunes in my head, 
The fire in my ribs
You are the voice in my heart 
That whispers compassion
Happy birthday Helen
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

You are the tunes in my head, 
The fire in my ribs
You are the voice in my heart 
That whispers compassion

You are the storm on the ocean, 
Poems in the trees
The smell of the winter 
That haunts me each autumn
You're my everything
You are my everything
You are my everything
Happy Birthday Helen
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

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Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Ma ma ma ma
Ma ma ma ma

Happy birthday Helen

Things of Stone and Wood

Things of Stone and Wood or ToSaW were an Australian folk-rock band which formed in 1989. The original line-up was Michael Allen on bass guitar and backing vocals; Greg Arnold on lead vocals and acoustic guitar; Justin Brady on violin, mandolin and harmonica; and Tony Floyd on drums and percussion. Two of their albums, The Yearning (7 March 1993) and Junk Theatre (26 March 1995) peaked at No. 8 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Their 1992 single, "Happy Birthday Helen" reached No. 9 on the ARIA Singles Chart, which was written by Arnold for his then-girlfriend, whom he later married. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993 the group won 'Best New Talent' for "Share this Wine". Arnold won 'Songwriter of the Year' at the 1993 APRA Awards. more »

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