[Verse 1]
Eleventh of May, today is your birthday
Wherever you may be in that place we all will go some day
I think of your Mama, I think of your brother:
Your Daddy said you left before you really went away
And you went away...

[Chorus]
We all make a mess of living
We all try to carry on
We try to make the best of it until the day we're done
We've all got a hurt we're hiding
We've all got someone we mourn
For me, I am just grateful
I am grateful you were born
You wеre born, you were born, you wеre born

[Verse 2]
Last time I saw you: in our apartment
Putting everything you owned into a bag slung on your back
I found some pictures, we were just kids, yeah
Playing hard at grownups 'til our problems got too big
And you know that they did...

[Chorus]
We all make a mess of living
We all try to carry on
We try to make the best of it until the day we're done
We've all got some hurt we're hiding
We've all got someone we mourn
For me, I am just grateful
I'm just grateful you were born
You were born, you were born
You were born, you were born
You were born, you were born
You were born, You...
[Bridge]
I can see you in the half-light laughing like it's alright
Frozen in a moment like time's on your side
I see you when I close my eyes
Maybe we're just ghosts now
Maybe we don't realise

[Outro]
Hmm thank God you were born
You were born, you were born
You were born, thank God you were born
You were born, you were born
You were born, thank God you were born
You were born, you were born

Thank God you were born