A Gift Today

Holy smoke

Yes, Sheldon, holy smoke

Your first year's tuition at college

Mr. Bogen, thank you

Just remember

(sung)

These gifts are just a token

Of bigger ones unspoken

From every loving relative and friend

Gifts, we wish you very much

Things you cannot wear or touch

Or tell time with, or write with, or spend

If we could have the power to raise a wand on high

Commend for you a gift today

Wealth, we wouldn't wish you

Or things that gold can buy

What money makes, money takes away[HARRY BOGEN, MEYER BUSHKIN, & TEDDY ASCH]

Wе'd commend you something special

Grand and worthy of this day

Thе gift that I would grant you

Is one you'd never trade for glory or success

Or fame

Your own good name

Yes, your own good name

We'd commend you something special

Grand and worthy of this day

The gift that I would grant you is when you need a friend

You'll find one half as good and true

As you know who

As we all know who

We'd commend you something special

Grand and worthy of this day

The gift that I would grant you is when you meet the one

The one you'll love your whole life through

She'll love you too

Like she's loved by you[ENSEMBLE]

If we could have the power to raise a wand on high

Commend for you a gift today

Wealth, we wouldn't wish you

Or things that gold can buy

What money makes, money takes away

Happy birthday, thirteenth birthday

From the ones that love you so

Goodbye to childish things now

To boyish thoughts and ways

May love bless every day you know

To a boy, farewell

To a man, hello

To a man, hello