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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 (2)________________ 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 home to find us out

And we drive
Now (4)________ 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 coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

They (8)________ her name at 7:30
I pace around the parking lot
Then I (9)________ down to buy her flowers
And sell some gifts that I got
Can't you see
It's not me you're (10)__________ for
Now she's (11)______________ (12)________ alone
Than she ever has before
She's a (13)__________ and I'm (14)________________ slowly
Off the (15)__________ and I'm headed nowhere
She's a (16)__________ and I'm drowning slowly

As (17)__________ went by
It (18)____________ that she was not fine
They (19)________ me, "son, it's (20)________ to tell the truth"
She broke down, and I (21)__________ 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 (22)________ it

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm (23)____________ nowhere
She's a (24)__________ and I'm (25)________________ slowly

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