Jeffrey Lewis - You're Invited (Jeffrey Lewis & The Jrams) lyrics

It would sure be nice to be at my
Own funeral to see who made it
People should have funerals while they
All can still appreciate it
Keep it normal, nothing formal
Why should someone have to put a suit on?
Please throw me a funeral one day a year
I'll lie here on the futon

And I hope you can make it on Friday
And I know it's short notice
And I know I always do this
But you're invited to my birthday party

'Cause ain't no one gonna throw it for me
Why should I expect things just to happen?
That's what any holiday's about, it's blank
You just get out what you put back in
If you don't decorate the scene on May
Day or on Halloween there's nothing
So let's pretend that fate can make it out
That's the only way we might
End up with something

So I hope you can make it on Friday
And I know it's short notice
And I know i always do this
But you're invited to my birthday party

So can I find a little group
Or am I so out of
The loop with these gadgets?
Old addresses that get bounced
Strange voicemails that just
Announce the digit's
Emails I've not written back
I regret it now, i'm losing track of all you
Who's even left who's still a friend? Did I
Wait too long again to call you?

Now I hope someone can make it on Friday
And I know it's short notice
And I know I always do this
But you're invited to my birthday party

I'll try to make my house a home
I'll try to not just be alone, i need to
Or else I might just disappear, I'm
Fading out with every year
But I don't mean to
I'm back in town, I didn't ring
I guess that's just the sort of
Thing folks like me do
My life gets full of other stuff
Is it wrong now getting back in
Touch when I need you?

And I hope anyone can make it on Friday
And I know it's short notice
And I know I always do this
But you're invited to my birthday party