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 (1)________________ I am numb
Up the (2)____________ 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 (3)________ I have (4)__________ someone
I'm feeling more alone
Than I ever have before
She's a brick and I'm (5)________________ slowly
Off the (6)__________ and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm (7)________________ slowly
They (8)________ her name at 7:30
I pace around the (9)______________ lot
Then I (10)________ (11)________ to buy her flowers
And (12)________ (13)________ gifts that I got
Can't you see
It's not me you're (14)__________ for
Now she's (15)______________ more alone
Than she ever has before
She's a (16)__________ and I'm drowning slowly
Off the (17)__________ and I'm (18)____________ nowhere
She's a brick and I'm (19)________________ slowly
As (20)__________ (21)________ by
It showed (22)________ she was not fine
They (23)________ me, "son, it's time to tell the truth"
She broke down, and I broke down
Cause I was tired of lying
Driving (24)________ to her apartment
For the moment we're alone
She's alone
I'm alone
Now I know 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
I throw some clothes on in the dark
The smell of cold
Car seat is freezing
The world is (1)________________ I am numb
Up the (2)____________ 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 (3)________ I have (4)__________ someone
I'm feeling more alone
Than I ever have before
She's a brick and I'm (5)________________ slowly
Off the (6)__________ and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm (7)________________ slowly
They (8)________ her name at 7:30
I pace around the (9)______________ lot
Then I (10)________ (11)________ to buy her flowers
And (12)________ (13)________ gifts that I got
Can't you see
It's not me you're (14)__________ for
Now she's (15)______________ more alone
Than she ever has before
She's a (16)__________ and I'm drowning slowly
Off the (17)__________ and I'm (18)____________ nowhere
She's a brick and I'm (19)________________ slowly
As (20)__________ (21)________ by
It showed (22)________ she was not fine
They (23)________ me, "son, it's time to tell the truth"
She broke down, and I broke down
Cause I was tired of lying
Driving (24)________ to her apartment
For the moment we're alone
She's alone
I'm alone
Now I know 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
Answers:
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