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Brick by Ben Folds Five

6 am day (1)__________ christmas
I throw (2)________ clothes on in the dark
The smell of cold
Car seat is freezing
The world is sleeping I am numb

Up the (3)____________ to her apartment
She is balled up on the couch
Her mom and dad went down to Charlotte
They're not (4)________ to find us out

And we drive
Now that I have found someone
I'm feeling more alone
Than I (5)________ (6)________ before
She's a brick and I'm (7)________________ slowly
Off the (8)__________ and I'm headed nowhere
She's a (9)__________ and I'm drowning slowly

They call her (10)________ at 7:30
I (11)________ around the parking lot
Then I (12)________ (13)________ 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 (14)________ alone
Than she ever has before
She's a (15)__________ and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

As (16)__________ went by
It showed that she was not fine
They (17)________ me, "son, it's time to tell the truth"
She (18)__________ down, and I (19)__________ down
Cause I was tired of lying

Driving back to her apartment
For the (20)____________ we're alone
She's alone
I'm alone
Now I (21)________ it

She's a brick and I'm (22)________________ slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm (23)________________ slowly

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