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Brick by Ben Folds Five

6 am day after christmas
I throw some clothes on in the dark
The smell of cold
Car (1)________ is freezing
The world is sleeping I am numb

Up the stairs to her apartment
She is (2)____________ up on the couch
Her mom and dad went (3)________ to Charlotte
They're not home to find us out

And we drive
Now that I have (4)__________ 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 (5)____________ 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 (6)________ (7)________ 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 (8)__________ went by
It showed that she was not fine
They told me, "son, it's time to tell the truth"
She (9)__________ down, and I broke down
Cause I was tired of lying

Driving (10)________ to her apartment
For the moment we're alone
She's alone
I'm alone
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

Answers:
(1) seat(2) balled(3) down(4) found(5) headed(6) walk(7) down(8) weeks(9) broke(10) back