Paul Kelly - Happy Birthday Ada Mae (Official Video)

From Paul's new album 'SEVENTY'
Listen here - https://PaulKelly.lnk.to/SEVENTY

Video Credits
Directed by: Maddy Kelly
Produced by: Siân Darling & We Made That
Director of Photography: Bryce Padovan
First AC/Gaffer: Max Hopkins
Bestie: Sabine Fritsch
Post Production: Bryce Padovan
16mm Film Developing: Neglab
16mm Film Scan: Memory Lab

Band Credits
Peter Luscombe – Drums and percussion
Bill McDonald –Bass
Cameron Bruce – Piano, Hammond organ, pedal steel and harmony vocal
Ashley Naylor – Electric guitar
Dan Kelly – Electric guitar, textural guitar and harmony vocal
Maddy Kelly and Alice Keath – Harmony vocals
Paul Kelly – Vocal and acoustic guitar

Recorded by Steven Schram at Soundpark, March 17, 2025
Mixed by Steven Schram

Lyrics
Ada Mae, you’re two today
Guess I’ll be gone before you’re twenty
Happy birthday, Ada Mae
I wrote a song for you

Who can say what’s coming at you?
This old world keeps hurtling on
I could try to tell the future
But I’d be wrong most likely

Ada Mae, you have a way
Of changing everyone around you
We love you more each passing day
Your laugh is yours alone

Oh, I do fear my generation has been sleeping
Deep inside a fever dream
We’ve sown the whirlwind you’ll be reaping
And eaten all the cream

You and I are human animals
And kin to everything alive
One day you’ll know a million miracles
Helped you arrive here with us

Ada Mae, I hope you find
A tree, a bird, a star, a flower
And a love to keep you strong and kind
When haters try to seize the day

Happy birthday, Ada Mae
Maybe I’ll see you turning twenty
Can you imagine such a day?
Ada Mae, my love is true
Ada Mae, this song’s for you



Paul Kelly (Sony Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd)