Happy Anniversary-Philip Quast

[ti:Happy Anniversary] [ar:Philip Quast] [al:Live at the Donmar] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Happy Anniversary - Philip Quast [00:28.20]I've been ready for hours [00:29.71] [00:31.34]And I'm wearing my best [00:32.58] [00:33.65]Ordered champagne and flowers [00:35.68] [00:36.67]And you're not even dressed [00:38.00] [00:39.53]Tonight's a special night [00:41.10] [00:42.25]To remember with pride [00:43.95] [00:44.71]These twenty happy years [00:46.76]Since you became [00:48.25]My bride [00:49.30] [00:50.77]It is all too absurd [00:52.32] [00:53.58]You're so 'cross and abrupt [00:54.98] [00:55.87]But I don't say a word [00:57.82] [00:59.08]Or you're bound to [00:59.92]Erupt [01:00.58] [01:01.74]Your peculiar moods [01:03.01] [01:04.32]I've experienced before [01:05.91] [01:07.08]So I'll pour another drink [01:08.33] [01:08.88]And quietly pace the floor [01:11.06] [01:14.26]It's a quarter to eight [01:15.32] [01:16.54]As we fretfully wait [01:18.04] [01:19.29]For your little black dress [01:20.75] [01:21.81]That was promised by six [01:23.29] [01:25.03]Is it just rotten luck [01:26.18] [01:27.22]When we're doing the town [01:28.82] [01:29.91]That the fates should conspire [01:32.18]To let us mortals down [01:33.83] [01:36.90]I have seats for a show [01:38.62] [01:39.62]And it's opening night [01:41.16] [01:42.89]My shoes do not fit me [01:44.25] [01:45.24]And my suit is too tight [01:46.84] [01:47.82]And you sit there and curse [01:49.52] [01:50.52]An occasional curse [01:52.10] [01:53.30]And I've got a headache [01:54.56] [01:55.06]That's quickly getting worse [01:57.57] [02:01.05]Happy anniversary [02:02.82] [02:06.15]Happy anniversary [02:08.30] [02:25.87]They deliver your frock [02:26.88] [02:28.12]But you're still in distress [02:29.56] [02:31.07]It was past nine o clock [02:32.54] [02:33.67]When I helped you to dress [02:35.09] [02:36.22]I tried to do you up [02:37.38] [02:38.30]But it wasn't my day [02:39.94] [02:41.06]For then to fill my cup [02:42.46] [02:43.21]Your zipper stuck half way [02:44.99] [02:46.25]I got all in a sweat [02:47.81] [02:49.06]Over anxious and vexed [02:50.16] [02:51.46]Will I ever forget [02:52.62] [02:53.61]The thing that happened next [02:55.18] [02:56.26]Your dress just came apart [02:57.46] [02:58.37]With one terrible tear [02:59.90] [03:00.62]Your disappointed cries [03:02.05] [03:02.66]Were more than I could bear [03:04.71] [03:05.58]At eleven at last [03:06.87] [03:08.03]When we got into town [03:10.02]We arrived at the show [03:11.76] [03:12.41]But the curtain was down [03:14.09] [03:15.04]I suggested a bite [03:16.46] [03:17.52]No no you wanted to walk [03:19.27] [03:20.30]You had no appetite [03:21.79] [03:23.09]And no desire to talk [03:24.96] [03:27.63]So we strolled for an hour [03:29.69] [03:30.90]And the evening was sweet [03:32.50] [03:33.99]And I bought you a flower [03:35.74] [03:37.28]From a man in [03:37.97]The street [03:38.59] [03:40.12]And we kissed on the sidewalk [03:41.88] [03:43.14]Without reason or rhyme [03:44.69] [03:46.09]And we knew that our love [03:47.62] [03:48.29]Stronger than time [03:51.97] [03:54.92]Happy anniversary [03:56.83] [04:00.88]Happy anniversary [04:02.79] [04:05.72]Happy anniversary