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Brick by Ben Folds Five

6 am day after christmas
I throw (1)________ clothes on in the dark
The (2)__________ of cold
Car seat is freezing
The (3)__________ is sleeping I am numb

Up the stairs to her apartment
She is balled up on the couch
Her mom and dad (4)________ down to Charlotte
They're not home to (5)________ us out

And we drive
Now that I (6)________ found someone
I'm feeling (7)________ alone
Than I ever (8)________ 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 (9)________________ slowly

They (10)________ her (11)________ at 7:30
I pace (12)____________ the parking lot
Then I walk (13)________ to buy her flowers
And (14)________ some gifts that I got
Can't you see
It's not me you're (15)__________ for
Now she's feeling (16)________ alone
Than she (17)________ has before
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm (18)____________ nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

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

Driving back to her apartment
For the (21)____________ we're alone
She's alone
I'm alone
Now I (22)________ it

She's a (23)__________ and I'm (24)________________ slowly
Off the (25)__________ and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm (26)________________ slowly

Answers:
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