This is a follow-up to a post I wrote one month ago about my shy 15 year old niece who plays the ukelele and is full of stars. I shared a few songs and you guys filled her tip jar and her mailbox with magic, and music, and access to instruments she wants to learn.
So today I’m sharing Gabi’s latest song (which she recorded with one of her new instruments) as a way to thank you for being so supportive. And it’s especially lovely because so much of it is exactly how I feel today about you guys. Full circle. Thank you for being my worm. Or my dirt. Your choice.
PS. She doesn’t sell her songs. She just plays them for happiness. You can download them for free.
Absolutely amazing. She’s a talented girl.
Wow! It’s terribly wonderful of her to share her gift with the world!
How cute is she with her green hair and white dog? Wait – isn’t that a B52 song?
(It should be if it isn’t. That’s Bumble. And Gabi’s hair is now cotton-candy pink.
Unless she changed it again this week. ~ Jenny)
Fantastic
Just remembered that I have several readers with hearing issues and this video doesn’t have lyrics with it so I’m going to do my best interpretation and Gabi can fix it if I’ve messed up the words:
I love you to the moon and back,
No…wait… Double that.
Hopefully you love me too.
I wish the feeling was mutual,
For you, our lovely individual.
I just simply adore you.
We go together like Bonnie and Clyde,
Jekyll and Hyde, Oh oh oh oh oh.
We go together like cookies and cream,
Teenagers
and low self-esteem
Well baby, you can
hold my hand
if you want to.
And baby
I am
stuck to you like glue.
You give me butterflies
and you’re a delight to my eyes.
I want to spend forever by your side.
My heart flutters when you say hello.
I die inside when you say goodbye.
Please don’t ever leave.
We go together like Ernie and Burt,
Worms and dirt, Oh oh oh oh oh.
We go together like mac and cheese,
Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee.
Well baby, you can hold my hand if you want to.
Baby, I am stuck to you like glue.
My love for you is bigger than a bad American.
Stronger than 10,000 men.
Sweeter than Shirley Temple’s grin.
My love for you is deeper than the sea.
Higher than a hippie.
Greater than Gatsby.
We go together…
~Gabi Bir
I love her voice! It blends so well with the ukulele!
Worms and dirt. Nice!
W O W ! She is truly beautiful from deep, deep inside radiating outward. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
I just. I just can’t. So lovely. I want her to follow me around coming up with wonderful similes for my life. Delightful. Happy Sigh.
Love
WOW!! This is fabulous!!
Mmmmm, mac and cheese.
She’s awesome and so is her Aunt. Rock on, ladies.
She’s all kinds of brilliant adorable.
She’s adorable. And the song is perfection – she is incredibly talented!! Thank you so much for sharing this, Jenny.
There is much potential in her. I hope this path brings her joy and she can fully realize any dream she may have from it.
That is absolutely beautiful! So much talent, I am so glad you shared 🙂
She’s amazing!
I utterly utterly love this. What a wonderfully talented young lady. You must be sooo proud of her. Fabulous – thank you for sharing this with us and bringing this happiness into our lives. <3
Wow. She’s truly amazing. I love the song. I’ll absolutely check out her other stuff (and leave a tip!). Thanks so much for sharing.
Wow, love this song x She is so talented.
I am such a fan of this song and her voice and her Ukelele! Gabi you are awesome!
Why ya gotta keep making me cry? Dern it :/ She’s sweet as sugar!
Awesome young woman! Powerful, confident, beautiful in every way. I see so many young people like her (including your Hailey and my daughter) now that I actually have real hope for the future.
Greater than Gatsby… now that’s just brilliant! A girl who wants to fill the world with happiness- can we just clone her? Wonderful Gabi!
This made me smile so hard my face hurts! Lovely song, catchy too! Thank you, gabi for creating it and thank you, bloggess for sharing it with all of us 😀
Her heart shines through. Just beautiful!
I am so sad that I can’t listen to this at work- darn corporate internets blockers! But I will when I get home- my 15 yr. old daughter plays ukelele and sings too and I love the sound- I’m sure Gabi will be an inspiration for her. And without even hearing her, she is adorable in the extreme- love the pink hair!
It goes together like bacon and toast
Pink is the haircolor I want the most!
I really enjoyed this song! Thank you for sharing it! 🙂
I swear anything with a ukulele makes me happy. Thanks for this.
I love everything about this, thank you for sharing. And where can I get more?
(https://soundcloud.com/gabriellabir. She just started a month ago. “Lovely” and “Dance All Night” are originals. This is her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/gabriellabir?fref=nf ~ Jenny)
That song made me happy on a day when being happy seemed absolutely impossible.
Further proof that truth is ageless and magic is real. Thanks Gabi.
Thank you so much for the lyrics. I truly appreciate being able to put words with the sounds I am hearing.
Her music make me SO HAPPY, and her voice is so beautiful it makes me cry….in a good way! THANK YOU!!
Kudos to your niece! I’ve got one of these lovely creatures myself–my 8-year-old niece recently discovered the ukelele and played Velociraptor song (“Clever Girl”) by the Doubleclicks for a school talent show. Your niece might get a kick out of it: http://uclairelele.tumblr.com/ She met the Doubleclicks in person at PAX in Seattle and they signed her ukelele for her–they even recognized her from the video! She was over the moon 😀
(Love the Doubleclicks and love your niece. ~ Jenny)
absolutely magic 🙂
She needs an agent. Whoa.
She’s such a wonderful artist – amazing.
Thank you! And thanks to Gabi. I love the way she sings. Beauty and genius; must run in your family. 🙂
This song just made my day. Love it! Thank you for sharing!
I downloaded SoundCloud to my phone just to have access to her beautiful music. Thanks for sharing!
That’s a good song well sung.
Gabi, go do your chores. To all the rest of you lovelies, Gabi is reading all your comments with a massive smile. Glad that her silly heart could warm yours.
I absolutely love her songs. I can’t wait to have someone in my life so I can share this song.
Gabi! You are such a talent! Keep it up and thanks for making us smile.
She is kind of amazing.
This is one of the cutest songs ever. I am so in love with her, she’s adorable!
She is kinda amazing.
Great job, Gabi! Your voice is a rainbow :0)
Thank you again. Gabi makes me smile 🙂
Wow! Gabi, I loved your video’s and I love this song too! Your voice is amazing! Thank you so much. I can’t wait to hear more of your music.
Well, that just put a whole lot of happy in my day! Thanks to you both. You two are like the creative Wonder Twins! If that song is original, you should copywrite it or whatever it is one does, Gabi, because that’s a great song! (After you clean your room, of course!)
Gabi, I sincerely hope your chores involve being inspired to write even more music and making the world a better place. We appreciate you sharing a bit of your soul with us. The happiness in this song is contagious.
Gabi’s mom, I sincerely hope Gabi’s chores involve making the house cleaner or something.
Totes Adorbs.
She has the gift of bringing happiness into the world with her voice! Thanks for sharing Gabi!
I want to start an all-ages school and call it “The Gabi Bir School for the Self-confidence to Sing Out, Rock On, and Trust the Universe to Bring You all Good Things Just for Being Your Authentic Self and Doing What You Love Most”. She will be the head mistress and I will be its first enrollee.
I love it! Very talented!!
Voice of an angel. Really. Love the pure talent! Go, Gabi. We could use a little more of you in the world . . .
That was simply brilliant. And complety wonderful. She has a gift
Wow. This sounds like something my 15 y.o. daughter would listen to. (I can’t wait to play it for her.) Gabi’s voice has an incredibly pure sound to it, which I absolutely love and feel is extremely rare. I don’t know how to explain it exactly (yeah, I know, #writerfail). It’s almost as if 95% of the singing population has layers of different things in their voices, but Gabi’s is an example of what a voice sounds like in its purest form. <3 On top of that, the lyrics are so cute. I love the part about "teenagers and low self-esteem" and her reference of Ernie and Burt. 🙂 Thanks for sharing your special talents with us, Gabi. You rock in all kinds of funky fresh ways. 😉
I am in love!
She really is amazingly, astoundingly talented and it is SO fun to see in action. I keep thinking she needs to meet Amanda Palmer.
so shiny!
Sahweet! What a fun 90 degree turn in a flat landscape sort of day.
thank you for this. My son (6) plays the ukulele and peoe always look at me like I am a terrible mother for picking that over, say, guitar for him. He’s so cute playing it, and he does so well! Going to show him your nieces songs and tell him about her – should make him happy to see other kids playing too!!
Couldn’t get more happy even if a unicorn farted glitter on my head.
Okay, So I know I posted earlier too, but I have to share this with you so you can show it to your husband. It can happen!!!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemcneal/woman-finds-5-12-foot-snake-in-office-toilet-lives-out-every#.ycoY3EBk5
Thank you! What a wonderful way to end.my day.
Breathtaking! I love this young woman…and her favorite Aunt.
I’m another one whose niece is more like me than my own kids are. What’s up with that? It’s both flattering and a little bit worrisome.
This is just incredible. What a wonderful girl!
She’s awesome. I checked out her site before but if she continues being this prolific I may have to make a habit out of it 🙂
Thank you for sharing Jenny. We love you too!
Such a good voice! She sounds like a great kid 🙂
Not surprised you’re related. Lovely song, beautifully done.
I never imagined myself being a fan of the ukulele and yet I find myself enamored thanks to Gabi. Thank you so much for sharing this. Really. I’m not just saying that to be nice.
Has she ever thought about being a music therapist? I’m one and think that it’s something she may like. It combines a love of music with a love of sharing that music and encouraging others to make their own music.
This is fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing.
Love it! She’s fantastic.
LOVE it! Hope you don’t mind I shared it on FB!
thank you.
She is glorious and so is her aunt.
Such a captivating voice ! My 13 year old actually came up to me while I was listening and said “Wow, who is that ?” Please tell her she has a fan in Virginia !
Ugh. Stupid soundcloud is racist against iPhones. Or I’m dumb and haven’t been able to figure out how to get soundcloud to play actual SOUND on my phone 🙁
You go, Gabi!
So much awesomeness in the world. I can’t wrap my head around it.
So good! She has a good future in music.
Lovely!
I absolutely adore this girl! He songs are so sweet and touching and honest. Don’t ever stop, Gabi!
So, so adorable and wonderful! Thanks for sharing this Gabi! Here’s the website of my movie, filled with love and music, too, just like you!
http://www.lifeinsideoutthemovie.com
What a beautiful song. I listened to it and then went back to your original post and watched Dance All Night. It made me happy, which is something that’s been lacking in my life in the last couple of weeks. Thank you.
Such a beautiful voice!
Clearly talent, creativity, and loveliness run in your family.
Love love love. She’s wonderful. Keep at it, Gabi. The world needs talented musicians like yourself.
She is lovely! Love this song!
Jenny, you and I go together like Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum…..me being the Dum Tweedle. Love you and Gabi and Lisa!!!
This song is just beautiful. My pierced rocker hubby was enjoying it as well. Her voice is so beautiful and just radiates joy. Can’t wait to hear more!!
Absolutely charming.
She is wonderful!
Damn. Whole family is talented.
Fantastic! I get not wanting to sell her music, but how about doing so for charity?
She’s awesome! Keep playing! The ukulele is a wonderful instrument – don’t ever quit playing
So lovely.
-Angie
Lovely! That is one talented niece you have there!
Two typos I caught in the lyrics:
1. We go together like Ernie and Bert
2. My love for you is bigger than a fat American.
So amazing.
She really should listen to the music of Nellie McKay – I think Gabi could really get some fabulous inspiration there. Nellie is as out there as Amanda Palmer, but in a chirpy Doris-Day kind of way.
Love the song. She’s a talented young woman.
absolutely amazing. I am in awe of people who express themselves musically.
SO good. I had a truly crappy day and feel like I’m getting a cold…and this cheered me up immensely! Thank you so much…you rock…as does the lovely, talented Gabi.
How wonderful! I wish she could meet my daughter who’s my hero, and bought all her own instruments from money she makes busking, and wrote this song as a Christmas present to her grandparents… http://youtu.be/KThX9vROPV4
Wonderful! I wish she could meet my catcher who is 14, and wrote this song as a Christmas present for her grandparents:http://youtu.be/KThX9vROPV4
Ahhh, the Uke and her innocent voice – wonderful treat, tonight. Thanks. 🙂
It might be fat American rather than bad American? Regardless the words made me laugh and the her voice and singing made me smile. Thank you for sharing!
She reminds me of Sarah Donner! I love this song! 😀
Oh my gosh, this made me so ridiculously happy.
This is so great! Gabi you have am amazing voice! And the ukulele goes perfect! What a sweet happy little ditty! You have me smiling so hard right now. 🙂
Can I be your algae?
AMAZING amount of talent in that girl. In love with her sound! Thanks for sharing with us…
that just might be the most adorable and awesome song ever. Lyrics and the performance. <3!!
Holy cow, she’s beautifully talented. She’s also incredibly insightful, especially for her age. Took me twenty years to get how common the low-self esteem is amongst teenagers, and that none of it’s true. And I feel the song is about needing your peeps and finding your tribe. Yup, that’s what it’s all about in life.
I love how you share your stories about your family. Y’all are so creative, and it’s fun to hear about your antics. 🙂
I love this kid and every song she sings. I need her on iTunes so I can download her music!
Your clan is the greatest, my Bloggess.
As a mother of two musicians, I love seeing kids find this wonderful channel for their energies. Music will stay with her all her life which is a great gift.
Wonderful! Love the lyrics. Plus it calmed my 1 yr old, he was transfixed. 🙂
This song is so lovely, I love it! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, that did make me happy! Thank you. I have read here for years, first comment. That was just what I needed this morning. Christina
speechless
So many feels.
This is so good. It made me smile. There aren’t enough songs that bring happiness. Good luck, Gabi!
So sweet! She reminds me of Feist or Zooey Deschenel. Thanks for the share!
This beautiful young lady’s voice gives me goosebumps! I also love her taste in clothing! It is so nice to see young ladies dressing cute and modestly.
That was really sweet. Thanks for sharing. I’d appreciate it if you’d share this video/ web site. ONE is a powerful number. What will YOU do? https://nothere.me/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8CqUMuwBQc&feature=share&list=UUaYaqDjv38y5g5lykjDLpCw
Love this
I love her voice, it gives me chills.
Lovely! Just sweeter than her cotton candy hair.
How talented! Like aunt, like niece!
Just listened. Luv! Makes me think about the music in the movie Juno.
I love this! love love love! What a sweet, beautiful voice. and the lyrics are so damn charming. thank you for sharing this.
What a way to be introduced to your blog. I just hope it’s not all downhill from here 😛
“We go together like Cookies and Cream / Teenagers and Low Self-Esteem.”
Does your niece realise she’s written a classic? Whimsical, insightful and beautiful.
Ummmm, on a different note, as a new-ish-to-this-blogging-thing type person, I thought it was rude to put your own links into your comments. Why is there an option to do this here?
Imma gonna summon my inner Kanye, and just do it. My ego demands it!
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That was sweet and lovely; her voice reminds me of Nataly Dawn– anyone know Pamplamoose? Or maybe someone’s already brought this to your attention… I wish Nataly could be made aware of Gabi, would so love to hear them do a duet. Jenny? You could make this happen 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xMCNmUaGko
I want to post this where people can see it, because I am now blocked out of the Saint James Garfield facebook group. I guess I was kicked out because of similar stories to that of a facebooks belonging to “Amanda” ,”Mandy” or “Davany”, and there was concern that these were scam facebooks I created so that I could scam people out of money.
I just want to assure people that this is untrue. Amanda/Mandy/Davany is my sister (she has several facebook accounts, due to privacy issues between online and offline friends), so yes. We have similar stories. But I am not she and she is not me. I can even prove this with photos from the accounts, if this is neccesary.
I am very sorry if people think that I am trying to scam them, and I won’t post or bother anyone anymore. But I wanted to clear this up for everybody. Thanks.
Omg, my teenage self is coming out swinging for her music. She’s amazing, all the best <3
it is very good music.
Awesome! Loved it!
In Australia we have a radio station that supports emerging talent. Musicians can upload their music online and then it somwtimes gets played. Do you have something like that over there?
She’s lovely and talented.
I feel like this song totally describes my marriage: psychopathically cute.
And now I am questioning if psychopatically should have one “l” or two.
Kudos, Gabyi! This fat American laughed with delight… and played your song three times! Good job, Jen, for sharing her music and her beautiful brightness, energy and enthusiasm. Psst… And for sharing YOUR wit and wisdom, too! Thanks for making us smile.
Still love Gabi! I have an off topic question. I have struggled off and on with depression. I’m currently on medication for depression and anxiety. This past week has been horrible! There hasn’t been a trigger or anything. I wake up depressed and with headaches. It is so bad that I don’t even want to roll over to get my water on my nightstand. Thus, the dehydration causing the headaches. I just don’t know what to do. I know we are all different, but what are some things that help you break through the surface? I just feel like I’m stuck under this horrible fog of nothingness.
(I get it. I totally do. This week was hard for me too but I feel like I’m coming out of it. Hopefully you are too. The non-medical stuff I do is to drink a lot of water, go for a walk, get sunlight (or spend a minute in a tannin bed), call a friend or family who will understand, give myself permission to be depressed, watch funny tv, or just allow myself to stay in bed until it passes. It will pass. I promise. ~ Jenny)
I am 46 years old but that song took me back to the feelings and ideas of my first love in high school. Loved the lyrics as well as the music. Thanks.
NPR is having a contest. She would kill it!
Tinydeskcontest.npr.org
I came here to say what Trina Brooks said. I’m even older and it took me back to my first heartbreaking crush…we’re still friends and the feelings long ago mellowed into something sustainable (that friendship), but this song reminded me of how I felt a million years ago and it’s nice to know that some emotions are truly universal regardless of age. And it was fun to be reminded of that dizzying time of life.
Go Gabi! Keep writing!!
Love her! Love the stories she tells, the pictures that appear in my head when listening to her, and the sound her beautiful voice makes.
I just played this for my two year-old daughter and she insisted we listen to it again 🙂 It’s like a ray of sunshine during this grey, dreary month- thank you for sharing! Also, I know this is old so you might have seen it, but I saw this and it made me think of you: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/11/abraham-poincheval_n_5134245.html.
Jenny, thank you so much for posting the words for those with hearing difficulties! That was thoughtful.
What a wonderful girl she is. I love that she plays her songs for happiness.
These are just lovely! I love her clever lyrics and sound. And wow, thanks so much for offering songs for download. I really enjoy listening to all of them.
Very cool, love the hair and the music. Wish I could sing, but it is safer for everyone if I don’t.
Merry Christmas Gabi. I hope it brings you joy and makes lots of cool music!
Gabi is so talented I just assumed she wrote the song….amazing gifted girl.
Thank you for sharing her loveliness. I needed the smile today.
Your niece is SO talented. Her singing and playing make me happy. The End. (plus thank you to Elizabeth @146 for asking that question.)
wildly impressed with gabi. her heart is so pure and kind. thank you for sharing her fabulous music!
So much wonderful:)
Gabi is a beautiful and lovely girl, I met her last halloween in Laguna, (she hangs with my grandkids, Ashton & Medoria), and talk about talent! She hand made all her costumes which were movie quality! Just awesome!
Gabi is a beautiful and talented young lady, I met her halloween in Laguna, (she hangs with my grandkids, Ashton & Medoria), she hand made all her costumes which were incredible!
I think this is my new favorite song!
Is it bigger than a bad American or a fat American?
(I think it could probably go either way. As a fat American I approve this message. ~ Jenny)
Oh! Magical 🙂
Tip jar isn’t working… and I downloaded because it’s just so sweet and I want to use it in a family photo slideshow… how can I send her a thank you “tip”? 🙂
My favorite song still. Love love love it