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One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces

Friday, May 19th, 2006

September ‘75 I was 47 inches high
Mom said someday I would have
A bad ass mother G.I. Joe
for your little minds to blow
I still got beat up after class

Now I’m big and important
one angry dwarf
and 200 solemn faces are you
If you want to see me
check your papers and your T.V.
Look who’s tellin’ who what to do
Kiss my ass good-bye

Don’t give me that bullshit
you know who I am
I’m your nightmare little man
Vic you stole my lunch money.
made me cry.
Jane remember second grade
Said you couldn’t stand my face
Rather than kiss me you said
you’d rather die

Now I’m big and important
one angry dwarf
and 200 solemn faces are you
If you want to see me
check your papers and your T.V.
Look who’s tellin’ who what to do
Kiss my ass good-bye

You’ll be sorry one day
Yes you will, yes you will
You shouldn’t push me around
Cause I will, yes I will
You will be sorry when I’m big
Yes you will be sorry

Kate

Friday, May 19th, 2006

She plays wipeout on the drums
the squirrels and the birds come
Gather around to sing the guitar
Oh I…have you got nothing to say
When all words fail she speaks
Her mix tape’s a masterpiece
Walks through the garden
so the roses can see
Oh I…have you got nothing to say
And you can see the daisies
in her footsteps
Dandelions, butterflies
I wanna be Kate
Everyday she wars the same thing
I think she smokes pot
She’s everything I want, She’s everything I’m not
Oh. I…
Have you got nothing to say
She never gets wet
She smiles and it’s a rainbow
And she speaks and she breathes
I wanna be Kate
Down by the Rosemary and Cameron
She hands out the Bhagaved Gita
I see her around every couple days
I wanna meet her so that
I can say…hey Kate

Brick

Friday, May 19th, 2006

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” and
she broke down
and I broke down
’cause I was tired…
of lying

driving back
to her apartment
for the moment we’re alone
yeah, she’s alone
and I’m alone
and now I know it

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

Magic

Friday, May 19th, 2006

From the back of your big brown eyes
I knew you’d be gone as soon as you could
And i hoped you would
We could see that you weren’t yourself
And the lines on your face did tell
It’s just as well
You’d never be yourself again

Saw you last night
Dance by the light of the moon
Stars in your eyes
Free from the life that you knew

You’re the magic that holds the sky up from the ground
You’re the breath that blows these cool winds ’round
Trading places with an angel now
Saw you last night
Dance by the light of the moon
Stars in your eyes
Free from the life that you knew
Saw you last night
Stars in your eyes
Smiled in my room

Army

Friday, May 19th, 2006

Well I thought about the army,
Dad said, son you’re fuckin 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 fifteen 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 chic-fil-a.
Citing artistic differences the band broke up in May,
and in June reformed without me, and they 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.

Ohhhh, I think I’ll write a screenplay.
Ohhhh, I think I’ll take it to LA.
Ohhhh, I think I’ll get it done yesterday (aww shit).

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…