Playlist Ben Folds Five

ben folds five - hava nagila

Hava Nagila,
Hava Nagila,
Hava Nagila,
Ve' Nismecha.

Hava Nagila,
Hava Nagila,
Hava Nagila,
Ve' Nismecha.

Hava Neranena,
Hava Neranena,
Hava Neranena,
Ve' Nismecha.

Hava Neranena,
Hava Neranena,
Hava Neranena,
Ve' Nismecha.

Uru, Uru Achim,
Uru Achim Belev Sameach,
Uru Achim Belev Sameach,
Uru Achim Belev Sameach,
Uru Achim
Uru Achim
Belev Sameach.

ben folds five - adelaide

Adelaide
On a plane
Far from the united states
Of LA
Dropping in from outer space
Takes a day
Now I see the Bogans
At the motor race
Here you know the world could turn
Or crash and burn
And you would never know it
Going where the air is clear
Thereâ??s better beer in Adelaide

Charlie Hill-Smith's forty
Someone spiked my rice
The rest, history
Now I am a fixture down

Rundle Mall
Watching as the locals pass
Silver balls
I can see their eyes around
Theyâ??re pointed down
They scan the spanning sidewalks
Learning that there is no hurry
Fuss or worry
Adelaide

Ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah

Ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah

Itâ??s raining
In Adelaide
A face is waiting in a window
A voice says
Why Adelaide
You could live anywhere and I say
Because I want to
Because I want to
I really really want to

And you know the earth could turn
Or crash and burn
And you would never know it
Really got to make it to the finish line
Get the record done on time
Pack the bags
And catch a flight
And you can kiss my ass goodbye
On Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide

ben folds five - air

Saw a silhouette across a fluorescent
Floating overhead, undoing his helmet
Through the murky beams and blue-green sea life
I saw him spinnin' towards the moonlight

I pull him in, he wasn't breathin'
His eyes were wide and I saw two of me there
There's an ugly buzz that hovers just above the quiet
Found a way to make it silent

I'm comin' up for air
I'm comin' up for air
I'm comin' up for air

Air
Air

They hold my hand and ask me to pull through
A voice I know says,
"Dear, he probably can't hear you..."

I'm comin' up for air
Comin' up for air
Comin' up for air

ben folds five - alice childress

Some Summers in the Evening
After Six Or So
I Walk On Down the Hill
And Maybe Buy a Beer
I Think About My Friends
Sometimes I Wish
They Lived Out Here
But They Wouldn't
Dig This Town
No They Wouldn't
Dig This Town

Chorus
Try Not to Think About It
Alice Childress
Try Not to Think About It Anymore
Try Not to Think About It
Alice Childress
Anymore,
No Not Anymore
No

Alice the World
Is Full of Ugly Things
That You Can't Change
Pretend It's Not That Way
That's My Idea of Faith
You Can Blow It Off
And Say There's Good
In Nearly Everyone
Just Give Them All a Chance
Give Them All a Chance

Chorus

No It Didn't Work Out
No It Didn't Work Out
The Way We Thought It Would
No It Didn't Work Out
An Arranged Marriage
Is Not So Good

Thank God It's You
You Know Your Timing Is
Impeccable
I'm Not Fooling You
I Don't Know What to Do
Some Dude Just Knocked Me Cold
And Left Me On the Sidewalk
Took Everything I Had
Everything I Had

Try Not to Thing About It
Alice Childress
Try Not to Think About It Anymore
It's Getting Light Where You Are
Alice Childress
Anymore, no Not Anymore
Anymore, no Not Anymore

ben folds five - all u can eat

Son, look at all the people in this restaurant
What do you think they weigh?
Out the window to the parking lot
At their suv's, taking all of the space

They give no fuck
They talk as loud as they want
They give no fuck
Just as long as there's enough, for them

Gonna get on the microphone down at walmart
Talk about some shit that's been on my mind
Talk about the state of this great nation of our's
People look to your left, yeah, look to your right

They give no fuck
They buy as much as they want
They give no fuck
Just as long as there's enough, for them

Son, look at the people lining up for plastic
Wouldn't you like to see them in the national geographic
Squatting bare ass in the dirt eating rice from a bowl
With a towel on their head and maybe a bone in their nose

See that asshole with a peace sign on his liscence plate?
Giving me the finger and running me out of his lane
God made us number one 'cause he loves us the best
Well he should go bless someone else for a while and give us a rest

(they give no)
Yeah, and everyone can see
(they give no)
We've eaten all that we can eat

ben folds five - 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 fifteeen 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

I've been thinking a lot today
I've 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...

ben folds five - away when you were here

Dad I know you were sad when you died
And I was young it?s the way
I kept you in my mind
The mess that was left and my mother cried
And when she stood up she was nobody?s mother
I?d be fine

But I missed you then
And I miss you now
Liked you?d missed things
I might say
You?re still lost in clouds but
I?m older now
I can see through lifting haze
That you were away even when you were here

Sometimes a phrase or a manner that?s you
Comes through me, it goes in a flash
It?s a frame, it?s a blink like life
Oh and how much now should we pay for the past
Cause you could age with grace if
I freed you in my mind

But I loved you then
And I love you now
All the things
I wished I?d asked
When I?m lost in clouds
I remember how
I was robbed and I was blessed
And you were away even when you were here

Cause it?s not about you, not you, anymore
It?s about what I?d do with it all
And I, I?ll never let you let me down

This morning I wake to be older than you were
Flash I'll smell for miles,
Every footstep would be mine

You?d have lost that weight,
You?d have gone so straight
You?d have made my wedding day
You?d have saved my youth from that point of truth
You?d have kept those wolves at bay
But you were away,
But you were away even when you were here

ben folds five - bad idea - demo

2-3-4. . .
pull over the car
pull over the car
I think I see some sweet squirrel rim
pull over the car (really)
pull over the car
I think I feel like King Tut again

CHORUS
I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna
you make me feel
make me feel
meke me feel retarded

I can't leave it alone
jerk off on the phone (yeah!)
I want you to come on over
pretty pretty bad idea
really bad idea
really really bad idea

CHORUS

retarded, you make me feel so

(oh, yeah ok!)
na na na, na na na, etc

when I stood you up
I thought that you'd give up
now I realize you're just like a dog

CHORUS

ben folds five - barrytown

I'm not one to look behind I know that times must change.
But over there in Barrytown they do things very strange.
Though you're not my enemy,
I'd like things like they used to be.
And though you'd like some company,
I'm standing by myself.
Go play with someone else.

I can see by what you carry that you come from Barrytown.

Don't believe I'm taken in by stories I have heard.
I just read the daily news and swear by every word.
And don't think that I'm out of line
For speaking out for what is mine.
I'd like to see you do just fine
But look at what you wear
And the way you cut your hair.

I can tell by what you carry that you come from Barrytown.

In the beginning we recall that the word was hurled.
Barrytown people got to be from another world.

Leave me or I'll be just like the others you will meet.
They won't act as kindly if they see you on the street.
And don't you scream or make a shout,
There's nothing you can do about it.
It was there when you came out.
It's a special lack of grace.
I can see it in your face.

I can see by what you carry that you come from Barrytown.

ben folds five - battle of who could care less

Do you not hear me anymore
I know it's not your thing to care
I know it's cool to be so bored
It sucks me in
when you're aloof
It sucks me in, it sucks it works
I guess it's cool to be alone

Will you never rest
Fighting the battle of who could care less
Everyday you wake up late
Sometimes I wish I was
that way

And you think Rockford Files is cool
But there are some things
that you would change
if it were up to you
So think about your masterpiece
Watch the Rockford Files
And call to see if Paul can score some weed.

Will you never rest
Fighting the battle of who could care less
Unearned unhappiness
That's all right I guess...

I've go this great idea
Why don't we pitch it to the Franklin Fucking Mint
Fine pewter portraits of
general apathy and major boredom singing...
Whatever and ever Amen
Oh well maybe not, I'll try again
This should cheer you up for sure
See I've got your old I.D.
And you're all dressed up like the Cure
Will you never rest
fighting the battle
of who could care less
unearned unhappiness
You're my hero I confess

ben folds five - best imitation of myself

I feel like a quote out of context
Withholding the rest
So I can be for you what you want to see
I got the gesture and sounds
Got the timing down
It's uncanny, yeah, you think it was me
Do you think I should take a class
To lose my southern accent
Did I make me up, or make the face till it stuck
I do the best imitation of myself
The "problem with you" speech
You gave me was fine
I liked the theories about my little stage
And I swore I was listening
But I started drifting
Around the part about me acting my age
Now if it's all the same
I've people to entertain
I juggle one handed
Do some magic tricks and
The best imitation of myself
Maybe I'm thinking myself in a hole
Wondering, who I am when I ought to know
Straighten up now time to go
Fool somebody else, fool somebody else
Last night I was east with them
And west within
Trying to be for you what you wanna see
But I can't help it with you
The good and bad comes through
Don't want you hanging out with
No one but me
Now if it's all the same
It comes from the same place
And if my mind's somewhere else
You won't be able to tell
I do the best imitation of myself
Yes it's uncanny to see
You'd really think it was me
The best imitation of myself
The best imitation of myself

ben folds five - bitches ain t shit

Bitches ain't shit, bitches ain't shit
Bitches ain't shit but hoes and tricks
Lick on these nuts and suck the dick
Lets get the fuck out after you're done
And I hops in my ride to make a quick run...
I used to know a bitch named Eric Wright
We used to roll around and fuck the hoes at night
Tighter than a mutharfuckin' gangsta beats
And we was ballin' on the muthafuckin' Compton streets

Peep that shit, got deep and it was on
Number one song after number one song
Long as my muthafuckin' pockets was fat
I didn't give a fuck where the bitch was at
But she was hangin' with a white bitch doin' the shit she do
Suckin' on his dick just to get a buck or two
And the ends that she got meant nothin'
Now she's suing cuz the shit she be doin' ain't shit

Bitches can't hang with the streets
She found herself short
Now she's takin' me to court
That's some real conversation for your ass

I once had a bitch named Mandy May
Used to be up in them guts like everyday
The pussy was the bomb, had a nigga on sprung
I was in love like a muthafucka lickin' the protung
The homies used to tell me that she wasn't no good
But I'm the maniac in black, Mr. Snoop Eastwood
So I figure niggas wouldn't trip with mine
Guess what? Got gaffled by one time

I'm back in the muthafuckin' county jail
Six months on my chest, now it's time to bail
I get's released on a hot sunny day
My nigga D.O.C. and my homey Dr Dre
Scooped in a coupe, Snoop we got the news
Your girl was trickin' while you was draped in your county blues
I ain't been out a second
Now I already gotta do
Some muthafuckin chin checkin

Move up the block as we groove down the block
See my girl's house, Dre, pass the glock
Kick in the door, I look on the floor
It's my little cousin Daz and he's fuckin' my hoe
I uncocked my shit...
I'm heart-broke but I'm still locked
Man, fuck that bitch!
...3,...4,...

Bitches ain't shit but hoes and tricks
Lick on these nuts and suck the dick
Gets the fuck out after you're done
And I hops in my ride to make a quick run...
I used to know a bitch named Eric Wright
We used to roll around and fuck the hoes at night
Tighter than a mutharfuckin' gangsta beats
And we was ballin' on the muthafuckin' Compton streets

Peep that shit got deep and it was on
Number one song after number one song
Long as my muthafuckin' pockets was fat
I didn't give a fuck where the bitch was at
But she was hangin' with a white bitch doin' the shit she do
Suckin' on his dick just to get a buck or two
And the ends that she got meant nothin'
Now she's suing cuz the shit she be doin' ain't shit

Bitches can't hang with the streets
She found herself short
So now she's takin' me to court
That's some real conversation for your ass
Bitches can't hang with the streets
Bitches can't hang with the streets
Bitches can't hang with the streets
Bitches can't hang with the streets

ben folds five - bizarre christmas incident

(Ok Grandpa, Let's Tell Them a Little Story About What Happened This Christmas)
Christmas Eve
I Didn't Get Much Sleep
I Kept Hearing Things
Heavy Breathing From the Chimney
Who Could It Be?

In the Morn
I Couldn't Believe My Eyes
A Whale of a Corpse
With a Long White Beard Was Dangling Over the Fire

(Chorus)
Santa He's a Big Fat F*uck
Crawled Down the Chimney Got His Fat Ass Stuck
Honey Call the Lawyers Fast
?cause Mrs. Claus Is Gonna Sue My Ass

(Ok Grandpa, Step Up, Sing in This Thing Right Here, Tell ?em What You Saw)
Gotta Tell You Folks
He Wasn't Wearing no Clothes
He Musta Rubbed a Whole Gallon of Crisco Oil From His Head Down to His Toes
I Was Talking to the Cops Outside
The Dogs Were Lickin' Crisco Off of His Thighs
They Hauled Him Away in a Double Wide
What a Sad Sad Way to Die

(Chorus)

ben folds five - boxing

Howard, the strangest things
Have happened lately
When I take a good swing
And all my dreams
They pivot and slip
I drop my fists and they're back
Laughing, Howard
My intention's become not to lose what I've won
Ambition has given way to desperation and I
Lost the fight from my eyes
Boxing's been good to me, Howard
Now I'm told, you're growing old
The whole time we knew
In a couple of years I'd be through
Has boxing been good to you?
Howard, I confess I'm scared and lonely and tired
They seem to think I'm made of clay
Another day, I'm not cut out for this
I just know what to say, I say
Well sometimes I punch myself as hard as I can
Yelling nobody cares hoping someone will tell me how
Wrong I am
Has boxing been good
Has boxing been good to you?

ben folds five - brick

Six am 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 drownin' slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drownin' slowly

they call her name at seven-thirty
I pace around the parking lot
and 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
Then she ever has before

She's a brick and I'm drownin' slowly
off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drownin' 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 lyin'

Driving back to her apartment
For the moment we're alone
and she's alone
and I'm alone
Now I know it

she's a brick and I'm drownin' slowly
off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
she's a brick and I'm drownin' slowly

ben folds five