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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 (5)________ I (6)________ (7)__________ someone
I'm feeling (8)________ alone
Than I ever (9)________ before
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the (10)__________ and I'm headed nowhere
She's a (11)__________ and I'm drowning slowly

They call her name at 7:30
I pace (12)____________ the (13)______________ lot
Then I walk down to buy her flowers
And (14)________ (15)________ gifts that I got
Can't you see
It's not me you're dying for
Now she's feeling more alone
Than she (16)________ has before
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the (17)__________ and I'm (18)____________ nowhere
She's a (19)__________ and I'm (20)________________ slowly

As (21)__________ went by
It showed that she was not fine
They (22)________ me, "son, it's time to (23)________ the truth"
She broke down, and I broke down
Cause I was (24)__________ of lying

Driving back to her apartment
For the moment we're alone
She's alone
I'm alone
Now I (25)________ 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

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