A song based on a poem of the same name written by Michael Blumenthal about the aging process featuring Paul Ragland on keyboards and Mark Poole on percussion.

It happens to birds, it happens to trees
It happens to animals, plants and the sea
It wasn’t supposed to happen to me

It happened to him, it happened to her
It happened to Omar, it happened to Drew
It wasn't supposed to happen to you

It happened to Ford, and Carter too
And Reagan and Clinton, and you know who 
It happens to all those who still want to be

But who would have thought it would happen?
Who would have thought it would happen?
Who would have thought it would happen?
To me

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It happens to rhinos, and baby roos
It happens to nightingales, and swallows too
You never imagined it'd happen to you.

I knew them all through their formative years
My friends now on crutches in Room 33
I never imagined it'd happen to me

Oh well, that’s the cycle, our own trinity
Youth to old age, with some calm inbetween
It happens to all of us, just let it be

It will happen to you, friends. It’s happening.
It will happen to you, friends. It’s happening.
It will happen to you, friends. It’s happening.
To little old me

It Happens

Originally from the UK, I play for tips in wild and wonderful West Virginia. Thanks for listening! Check out videos for some of these tunes at my YouTube channel!
https://www.youtube.com/@DuncanLorimer

It Happens

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