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Brick by Ben Folds Five

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

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

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

They (10)________ her name at 7:30
I (11)________ (12)____________ the parking lot
Then I walk down to buy her flowers
And (13)________ (14)________ gifts (15)________ I got
Can't you see
It's not me you're dying for
Now she's (16)______________ more alone
Than she (17)________ has before
She's a (18)__________ and I'm drowning slowly
Off the (19)__________ and I'm headed nowhere
She's a (20)__________ and I'm (21)________________ slowly

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

Driving back to her apartment
For the (25)____________ we're alone
She's alone
I'm alone
Now I know it

She's a brick and I'm (26)________________ slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a (27)__________ and I'm drowning slowly

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