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Brick by Ben Folds Five

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

Up the stairs to her apartment
She is (3)____________ 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 found someone
I'm feeling more alone
Than I ever have before
She's a (4)__________ and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm (5)________________ slowly

They call her name at 7:30
I pace around the parking lot
Then I (6)________ down to buy her flowers
And (7)________ some gifts that I got
Can't you see
It's not me you're dying for
Now she's feeling (8)________ alone
Than she ever has 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 drowning slowly

As weeks went by
It showed that she was not fine
They told me, "son, it's time to (9)________ the truth"
She broke down, and I broke 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 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 (10)________________ slowly

Answers:
(1) smell(2) seat(3) balled(4) brick(5) drowning(6) walk(7) sell(8) more(9) tell(10) drowning