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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 seat is freezing
The world is sleeping I am numb

Up the stairs to her apartment
She is (1)____________ up on the couch
Her mom and dad (2)________ (3)________ to Charlotte
They're not home to find us out

And we drive
Now (4)________ I have found someone
I'm (5)______________ more alone
Than I ever have before
She's a brick and I'm (6)________________ slowly
Off the (7)__________ and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

They call her name at 7:30
I pace (8)____________ the (9)______________ lot
Then I walk down to buy her flowers
And (10)________ (11)________ gifts (12)________ I got
Can't you see
It's not me you're dying for
Now she's feeling (13)________ alone
Than she (14)________ 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 (16)________________ slowly

As weeks went by
It showed (17)________ she was not fine
They told me, "son, it's (18)________ to (19)________ the truth"
She (20)__________ down, and I broke down
Cause I was tired of lying

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

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

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