Happy Birthday Jesus

from Christmas Songs & Musings by Jason Masi

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Happy Birthday Jesus

This was the latest addition to the EP and I actually didn't finish the lyrics until the day before I went into the studio. I had a riff and some rough lyrics for a general holiday song and originally called it "Beautiful Holiday". It was a lot slower and more of a lounge feel. When I decided to record some Christmas songs, I revisited the idea and messed around with speeding it up and making it more peppy. At some point while I was pondering what direction I would take this idea, it occurred to me that I didn't really know of a song that specifically wished Jesus a happy birthday. I've heard some folks sing the traditional Happy Birthday ditty to Jesus, but that seemed insufficient. Hence, the idea for this song. To place the icing on the cake, we were lucky to have an amazing gospel keyboardist and singer, Vaughn V Keys, bring this song to church with his flavor. We really love the way this song turned out.

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Happy Birthday Jesus
Happy Birthday Jesus
Happy Happy Birthday Jesus
Happy Birthday Jesus
Happy Happy Birthday Jesus
This Christmas holiday
A celebration for you
This Chrismas holiday
A celebration for you
And that makes us happy
Yes it does
We hope it makes you happy
This Christmas holiday
The season of your birth
This Christmas holiday
When you blessed the universe
And that makes us happy
Yes it does
We hope it makes you happy
This Christmas holiday
We want to thank you
for being a friend
This Christmas holiday
We feel like singing
Happy Birthday Jesus
Happy Happy Birthday Jesus
Happy Birthday Jesus
Happy Happy Birthday Jesus
Happy Birthday Jesus
Happy Happy Birthday Jesus
Happy Birthday Jesus
Happy Happy Birthday Jesus

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from Christmas Songs & Musings, track released November 17, 2017

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Jason Masi Alexandria, Virginia

"...Masi’s vocals are a complex stew of pure pop magic peppered with a strong bluesy undercurrent never far below the surface....Masi invokes love, lust, the joys of companionship, and the challenges of sharing your life with another human being... This is a memorable effort from the first song to last and authored by a top shelf songwriter ...10/10 Stars – Jason Hillenberg - Indie Artist Alliance ... more

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