BEN FOLDS FIVE - NAKED BABY PHOTOS (1997)
Won't you smile, you look so shocked,
Put the name-tag on your smock.
We've come to see ya
Eddie Walker
And we may pack a little tight
The girl up-front says it's alright.
And look there's more of us still getting off the bus
We wish you'd come back home with us.
Eddie Walker this is your life
This one's you when you were small
And you're learning how to walk.
They pick you up and you keep falling down.
There you are with Aunt Louise
You're bouncing on her knees
Remember all those trees behind the garden?
They're gone
They all got cut down when she died
Eddie Walker this is your life
You never had a son or a wife
You sure had a hell of a time
Eddie Walker this is your life
This one's you and Mary Jo
Well she couldn't come, she's says hello
No, Eddie Walker, she doesn't hate your guts
It's just the whole thing shook her up
How they picked you up and you kept falling down
Eddie Walker, this is your life
Eddie Walker this is your life
You never had a son or a wife
You never had a reason to cry
This whole stack, and all of these
For your semester overseas
We're gonna leave ya, Eddie Walker
Stop the bus
I wanna be lonely
When seconds pass slowly
And years go flying by
You gotta stop the bus
We get off here
Enough's enough
And I'm leaving this factory
All she wants is food on the table
And I won't be able to bring it home
And all I want, come on,
Is all I need, yeh is free
'Cos I'm a factory
Did Mother Nature tell you
Boy you come and go as you please
That's what she said to me
But big brother got the keys
And I got Jackson Cannery
Millionaires and mill rats live side by side here
Messed up my brother's mind
He's far from earth
Tell me what's he worth
The same as you
The same as me
In this factory
Did Mother Nature tell you
Boy you come and go as you please?
That's what she said to me
But big brother got the keys
And I got Jackson Cannery
It's four in the morning
Mother don't know
That I'm going far away
She's whispering to the moon
I hope he don't join you soon
Baby boss
Climbs up from his soapbox
Great Caesar's ghost
Knows what's best for me
He says stop the bus
Did Mother Nature tell you
Boy you come and go as you please
That's what she said to me
Big brother got the keys
And I got Jackson Cannery
Big brother got the keys
And I got Jackson Cannery
Big brother got the keys
And I got Jackson Cannery
I wish it was last September
We could lose ourselves in crowds everyday
'Cos Emaline, don't walk in time
She's not the same that's all you can say
When I've heard enough, I tell myself
That we've learnt our lesson
But I don't want to walk away from Emaline
They're talking now
Does she now what they're saying?
She's got the air, to float above it
I'm sinking in the summer champagne
She's dear to me, and so expensive
Now I'm not talking 'bout money
But money talks, I hate to listen
But lately it's been screaming in my ear
When I've heard enough, I tell myself
That we've learnt our lesson
But I don't wanna walk away from Emaline
It only took me one look to understand Emaline
Sometimes I don't know what she's saying
Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't know what she's saying
But I know, I know what she's wants to be
I wish it was last September
Don't let me walk away from Emaline for stupid reasons
Now I'm not talking 'bout money
But money talks, I hate to listen
But lately it's been screaming in my ear
One advice: girls needs attention
Well are you deafer than all my
We always were, she's got attention
From people like you
Now I've heard enough
I tell you what
We really shouldn't see anyone
I take it and I see my Emaline
I wish it was
Some summers in the evening after six or so
I walk on down the hill and maybe buy a beer
I think about my friends
Sometimes I wish they lived out here
But they wouldn't dig this town
No they wouldn't dig this town
Try not to think about it, Alice Childress
Try not to think about it anymore
Try not to think about it, Alice Childress
Anymore, no not anymore
Alice, the world is full of ugly things, that you can't change
Pretend it's not that way, it's my idea of faith
You can blow it off and say there's good in nearly everyone
Just give them all a chance
Alice, give them all a chance
Try not to think about it, Alice Childress
Try not to think about it anymore
Try not to think about it, Alice Childress
Anymore, no not anymore
No, it didn't work out
No, it didn't work out the way we thought it would
No, it didn't work out
An arranged marriage is not so good
Thank God it's you
You know your timing is impeccable
I'm not fooling you
I don't know what to do
Some dude just knocked me cold
And left me on the sidewalk
Took everything I had, everything I had
Try not to think about it, Alice Childress
Try not to think about it anymore
It's getting late where you are, Alice Childress
Anymore, no not anymore
Anymore, no not anymore
Instrumental
For the benefit of Tom and Mary
Before our guests arrive
If they haven't found out already
It's gonna blow their minds.
Will they find the strength to find the will to testify?
And for the benefit of Tom and Mary
There's something we can't hide anymore
Everybody here knows the story
Some have fabricated extra parts
See the sisters shouting whispers
Feeding heartache to the sparks.
Put a damper on the party
It will lighten up this room.
And for the benefit of Tom and Mary
They've got to see the truth today
Miss Powersson says here they come
And all the chatter and the smiles have come undone
And you could here a pin drop on the carpet floor
Everyone's pretending not to hear them knocking at the door
For the benefit of Tom and Mary
Before our guests arrive
If they haven't found out already it's gonna blow their minds
If they haven't found our already
And all the seams all seem to show
And for the benefit of Tom and Mary
For the benefit of Tom and Mary
For the benefit of Tom and Mary
We gotta let the truth be known
Rap-session, only words
Pull over the car, pull over the car
I think I some sweet score ramp
Pull over the car, pull over the car
I think I feel like ..
I don't wanna, I don't wanna
I don't wanna, I don't wanna
You make me fee, make me feel
Make me feel retarded
Can't leave it alone
Jerk off on the phone
I want you to come on over
Pretty bad idea, pretty bad idea
Really really Bad Idea
I don't wanna, I don't wanna
I don't wanna, I don't wanna
You make me fee, make me feel
Make me feel retarded
Retarded, you make me feel so
When I stood you up
I thought that you'd give up
Now I realize your just like a dog
I don't wanna, I don't wanna
I don't wanna, I don't wanna
You make me fee, make me feel
Make me feel retarded
Retarded, retarded
I was never cool in school
I'm sure you don't remember me
And now it's been ten years
I'm still wonderin' who to be
And I'd love to mix in circles
Cliques, and social coteries - that's me
Hand me my nose ring
Can we be happy
Show me the mosh pit
Can we be happy
We can be happy underground
Who's got the looks, who's got the brains
Who's got everything
Now I got this pain in my heart, that's all
Hey you with the long and lonely face
There's got to be something else
Let me tell ya something else
There was a girl who passed me by
She gave a smile but I was shy
And I looked down, so down
Don't look down no no, go go underground
And now there's a place to go
It's the morning now, it's the evening
It's everything
I click my heels and I'm there
Underground, underground
Everything's happy underground
You been kicked around
Did life bring you down here
Everything's heavy underground
And we'll be decked in all black and
Slamming the pit fantastic
Officer Friendly's little boy's got a mohawk
And he knows just where we're coming from
It's industrial, work it underground
Get down, get down, get down
Underground, underground
Everything's happy underground
You been kicked around
Did life bring you down here
Everything's heavy underground
We can be happy, we can be happy
We can be happy underground
We can, we can, we can be
Everythings happy
You been kicked around
Did life bring you down here
Everything's happy underground
We can, we can, we can be
Everything
We can, we can, we can be
Everything is
We can, we can, we can be
Underground
We can, we can, we can be
Now are you ready to rock
Now brace yourself
Brace your fat asses for some gut wrenching metal
It's time for the ultimate sacrifice
The final hour is approaching
The ultimate sacrifice
The ultimate sacrifice
Oh God
Here I sit broken hearted
Came to shit, but only farted
The ultimate sacrifice
Metal, heavy-metal
It's too late to crawl
It's too late, it's too late
No supper for you
The final hour approaching
The ultimate sacrifice
Satan is my master
He has always been
He tells me what to do
He buys my Metallica records for me
And sometimes I think
Satan is my master
I met this girl, she looked like Axl Rose
Got drunk and took her home and we slept in our clothes
And in the morning put my feet on the floor and I thought
Being awake never felt like this before
And Julianne y'know she wouldn't approve
Talked only on the phone 'cause I had nothing to do
Got rid of Axl by the afternoon
Being awake never felt so clear and
Blue, that's all I knew
Guess that I was innocent too
I sing a song, yeah, and it won't be the blues
Cos I don't miss Julianne
My friend she told me she felt sorry for me
She said the truth would come crashing down on me
That I'd be sorry but the truth of it is
That I feel guilty for not giving a shit
Yahoo, that's all I knew
Guess that I was innocent too
I sing a song, yeh, and it won't be the blues
I don't miss Julianne
I got my bag of trash, I got my bag of trash
I drag it up and down, I drag it up and down the road
How could she miss a man
Who drags a bag of trash down the road
This week I feel like I been born again
I know that Julianne, she would have a fit
She'd find a reason for the things that I did
She gave me credit for the things that I've never been
Ohhh, that's what I do, guess I'm inoccent too
I can try hard as I can, but I don't miss Julianne
I can try hard as I can, but I don't miss Julianne
So you wanted to take a break?
Slow it down some, and have some space?
Well fuck you too!
Give me my money back,
Give me my money back, you bitch.
I want my money back and don't forget
And don't forget to give me back my black T-shirt
I wish I hadn't bought you dinner
Right before you dumped me on your front porch
Give me my money back, give me my money back, you bitch
I want my money back and don't forget
And don't forget to give me back my black T-Shirt
So you wanted to take a break?
Slow it down some and have some space?
Give me my money back, give me my money back, you bitch
I want my money back
I want my money back and don't forget
Won't you look up at the skyline
At the mortar, block, and glass
And check out the reflections in my eyes
You see they always used to be there
Even when this was all was grass
And I sang and danced about a high-rise
And you were laughing at my helmet hat
Laughing at my torch
Go ahead you can laugh all you want
But I got my philosophy, keeps my feet on the ground
And I trust it like the ground
And that's why my philosophy
Keeps me walking when I'm falling down
I see that there is evil and I know that there is good
Yet the in-betweens I never understood
Won't you look at me I'm crazy
But I get the job done
Yeah, I'm crazy but I get the job done
And I say...
Go ahead you can laugh all you want
But I got my philosophy, keeps my feet on the ground
And I trust it like the ground
And that's why my philosophy
Keeps me walking when I'm falling down
I pushed you cause I loved you guys
I did not realize you weren't having fun
And I dragged you up the stairs
And I told you to fly
You were flapping your arms
When you started to cry, you were too high, too high
You take this all for granted
You take the mortar, block, and glass
And you forget the speech that moved the stone
But it's really not that you can't see
The forest from the trees
You never been out in the woods alone
So you can laugh all you want to
I've got my philosophy, keeps my feet on the ground
And I love you you're my friend
But you got no philosophy
And now it's time for the song to end
Christmas, twin falls, Idaho is her
Oldest memory
She was only two, it's the first time she felt blue
Cafeteria harrison, elementary
Beneath a parachute, I saw her without shoes
Seven up I touched her thumb and she knew it was me
Although she couldn't see, unless of course she peeked
My mom's good she got me out of Twin Falls, Idaho
Before I got too old
But you know how that goes
That's where she still was the summer when she turned 17
1983, three weeks after me
And last I heard, she had twins
Or maybe it was three
Although I've never seen
That don't bother me
Howard, the strangest thing
Has happened lately when I take a good swing
And all my dreams they pivot and slip
I drop my fists and they're back
Laughing Howard
My intention's become not to lose what I've won
Ambition has given way to desperation and I
Lost the fight for my eyes
Boxing's been good to me, Howard
Now I'm told, you're growing old
The whole time we knew
In a couple of years I'd be through
Has boxing been good to you?
Howard, now I confess, I'm scared and lonely and tired
They seem to think I'm made of clay
Another day, I'm not cut out for this
I just know what to say, I say
Boxing's been good to me, Howard
Now I'm told, you're growing old
The whole time we knew
In a couple of years I'd be through
Has boxing been good to you?
Well sometimes I punch myself as hard as I can
Yelling "nobody cares" hoping someone will tell me how
Wrong I am
Boxing's been good to me, Howard
Now I'm told, you're growing old
The whole time we knew
In a couple of years I'd be through
Has boxing been good to you?
Has boxing been good
Has boxing been good to you?