Short Month

Hey January (January)
Yeah
You know you got a whole lot of days
Right

Hey February (February)
Do you ever get the feeling
That you got played
Yeah

I'm saying why
(Why, why, why)
Why you gotta' give us the short month
(Short month)
Yeah
Oh, I'm saying why-I-I-I-I
Why you gotta' give us the short month
(Short month)
Yeah

Hey March consider yourself lucky
You got us green with envy
And April, we love your rain but you a fool
Uh
And I just May-a-ay-a-ay-a-ay-a-ay
Have been born in June
I remember fireworks outside in July
Yeah

So tell me why (why, why, why)
Why you gotta' give us the short month
(Short month)
Yeah
Somebody tell me why (why why why)
They gotta' give us the short month
(Short month)
Yeah

Now look at here
The Summer breeze
Makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind
Ohhhh
Autumn leave, don't take your time
Even now the Seasons hate our kind

Break it down
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah

Somebody tell me why-I-I-I-I-I-I
They had to give us the short month
(Short month)
Yeah
Ohhhh
Why-I-I-I-I-I-I
They had to give us the short month
(Short month)

Hey President Ford
Can you fix it
The kids go back to school in August
We get a break from work in September
And we play dress up in October
Yeah

Stuff our face with turkey in November
Yeah
And we celebrate the birth of Baby Jesus
In December
Yeah

So tell me why (why, why, why)
You give us the short month (why, why, why)
Why
Why
Why
(Short month)
Take it back
We don't want it

(Short month)