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It Always Rains On My Birthday

from A Desperate Cry for Help by Matt Coggins

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Written around 2011, this has consistently been my go-to solo song. I think it's one of my most honest and autobiographical pieces and I rarely get to play it outside solo shows.
The first time the song was demoed to Earl Grey, there was a piano intro by Bethany Hickey.

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I’ve never had a birthday where it didn’t rain
But I realize in life, you’ve got to go through some pain
To distance yourself
And stay insane
I was born the oldest least favorite child
And even though it’s taken me quite a long while
I now know how lucky
I am

I’ve tried so hard to be but it’s not easy when the rain keeps falling

I’ve tried to be good, I just get walked over
God why can’t people see that I’m not just some dirt
I’m a child inside
And it hurts
I make fun of the people from my nowhere hometown
But the reason I sing and I act like a clown
Is ‘cause I don’t know
Who I am

I’ve tried so hard to be but it’s not easy when the rain keeps falling

I manage my friends to have a good time
And I managed this lyric to make up a rhyme
And I manage a smile to pretend that I’m fine
But would someone please manage me

Maybe I’m the devil who doesn’t know he’s done wrong
I’ve tried and I’ve tried to make up for the times that I lied and I made someone cry
I know that I’ve tried but I’ve hurt so many people in my life so what’s the use of trying
I know you’ve been crying for so long but I’ve got to move on, I’ve got to make my own life
Maybe I’m the devil who doesn’t know he’s done wrong
But does the devil have to know that he’s evil?

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from A Desperate Cry for Help, released June 6, 2014
Lyrics and Music by Matt Coggins

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