Ben Folds Five Lyrics

Brick

6 a.m., day after Christmas  
 I throw some clothes on in the dark  
 The smell of cold, car seat is freezing  
 The world is sleeping, I am numb  
 Up the stairs to her apartment  
 She is balled up on the couch  
 Her mom and dad went down to Charlotte  
 They're not home to find us out  
 And we drive, now that I have found someone  
 I'm feeling more alone than I ever have before  

 She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly  
 Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere  
 She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly  

 They call her name at 7:30  
 I pace around the parking lot  
 Then I walk down to buy her flowers  
 And sell some gifts that I got  
 Can't you see, it's not me you're dying for  
 Now she's feeling more alone  
 Than she ever has before  

 She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly  
 Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere  
 She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly  

 As weeks went by  
 It showed that she was not fine  
 They told me son, it's time to tell the truth now  
 She broke down and I broke down  
 Cause I was tired of lying  

 Driving home to her apartment  
 For the moment we're alone  
 She's alone, I'm alone,  
 Now I know it


back

So you wanted to take a break  
Slow it down some and have some space  

Well f*ck you too  
Give me my money back  
Give me my money back, you b*tch  
I want my money back  
And don't forget,  
And don't forget to give me back my black T-shirt  

I wish I hadn't bought you dinner  
Right before you dumped me on your front porch  

Give me my money back  
Give me my money back, you b*tch  
I want my money back  
And don't forget...  
And don't forget, to give me back my black T-shirt  

So you wanted to take a break  
Slow it down some and have some space...  

Give me my money back  
Give me my money back, you bitch  
I want my money back  
I want my money back  
And don't forget.

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I was never coool in school  
I'm sure you don't remember me  
And now it's been 10 years  
I'm still wondering who to be  
But I'd love to mix  
In circles, cliques and social coteries - that's me  
Hand me my nose ring (can we be happy)  
Show me the mosh pit (can we be happy)  
WE CAN BE HAPPY UNDERGROUND  

Who's go the looks, who's got the brains  
Who's got everything  
I got this pain in my heart, that's all  
Hey you with the long and lonely face  
There's gotta be something else  
Let me tell ya something else  
There was this girl who passed me by  
She gave a smile but I was shy  
I looked down, so down  
Don't look there no no, go go underground  
But now there's a place to go  
It's the morning, it's the evening  
I click my heels and I'm there  

Underground, Underground  
Everything's happy underground  
You been kicked around  
Did life bring you down here  
Everything's happy underground  

We'll be decked in all black and  
Slamming the pit fantastic  
Officer Friendly's little boy's got a mohawk  
He knows just where we're coming from  
It's industrial, work it underground  
Get down, get down, get down  

Underground, underground  
Everything's happy underground  
You been kicked around  
Did life bring you down here  
Everything's happy undergound  
We can be happy, we can be happy  
We can be happy undergound  

Oh we can oh we can oh we can be...  
Everything's happy undergound

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Army 
Well I thought about the army
Dad said, Son you're fucking high
And I thought, yeah there's a first for everything
So I took my old man's advice
Three sad semesters
It was only 15 grand spent in bed
I thought about the army
I dropped out and joined a band instead

Grew a moustache and a mullet
Got a job at Chick-fil-a
Citing artistic differences
The band broke up in May
And in June reformed without me
And they'd got a different name
I nuked another grandma's apple pie
And hung my head in shame

Been thinking a lot today
Been thinking a lot today

Oh, I think I'll write a screenplay
Oh, I think I'll take it to LA
Oh, I think I'll get it done yesterday

In this time of introspection
On the eve of my election
I say to my reflection
God please spare me more rejection
'Cause my peers they criticize me
And my ex-wives all despise me
Try to put it all behind me
But my redneck past is nipping at my heels

I've been thinking a lot today
I've been thinking a lot today
I've been thinking a lot today
I thought about the army... 



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