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Brick by Ben Folds Five

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

Up the (4)____________ to her apartment
She is (5)____________ up on the couch
Her mom and dad (6)________ (7)________ to Charlotte
They're not home to (8)________ us out

And we drive
Now that I have found someone
I'm feeling more alone
Than I ever have before
She's a brick and I'm (9)________________ slowly
Off the coast and I'm (10)____________ nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

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

As (16)__________ went by
It (17)____________ that she was not fine
They (18)________ me, "son, it's time to (19)________ the truth"
She (20)__________ down, and I (21)__________ down
Cause I was tired of lying

Driving back to her apartment
For the (22)____________ we're alone
She's alone
I'm alone
Now I (23)________ it

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

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