Brick by Ben Folds Five

6 am day after christmas
I throw (1)________ clothes on in the dark
The smell of cold
Car seat is freezing
The world is sleeping 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 that I have (3)__________ someone
I'm feeling more alone
Than I ever have 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 (4)________________ slowly

They call her (5)________ at 7:30
I pace around the parking lot
Then I walk down to buy her flowers
And sell (6)________ gifts that I got
Can't you see
It's not me you're dying for
Now she's feeling more alone
Than she ever has 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

As weeks went by
It showed that she was not fine
They told me, "son, it's time to tell the truth"
She broke down, and I (8)__________ down
Cause I was tired of lying

Driving (9)________ 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 (10)____________ nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

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