Ben Folds : The Unauthorised Biography Of Reinhold Messner

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All I really wanna say

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You're the reason I wanna stay

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I loved you before I met you

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And I met you just in time

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'Cause there was nothing left I sat here on my suitcase In our empty new apartment 'Til the sun went down Then I walked back down the stairs With all my bags and drove away You must be freaking out All I know is I gotta be Where my heart says I oughta be It often makes no sense, in fact I never understand these things I feel

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I won't move to LA

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The leaves are falling back east

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That's where I'm gonna stay |

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| You have made me smile again In fact I might be sore from it It's been a while I know we've been together Many times before I'll see you on The other side

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| All I really wanna say You're the reason I wanna stay But destiny is calling And I told them when my time is up I'm outta here All I know's I gotta be Where my heart says I'll be It often makes no sense in fact I never understand these things I feel

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I love you goodbye

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I love you goodbye

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There was a time when I

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Had nothing to explain

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Oh, this mess I have made

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But then things got complicated

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My innocence has all but faded

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Oh, this mess I have made

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And I don't believe in God

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So I can't be saved

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All alone as I've learned to be

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In this mess I have made All the untested virtue The things I said I'd never do Least of all to you I know he's kind and true I know that he is good to you He'll never care for you more than I do But I don't believe in love So I can't be changed All alone as I've learned to be In this mess I have made

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The same mistakes

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Over and over again There are some rooms in this house That I don't open anymore Dusty books and pictures on the floor That she will never see She'll never see that part of me I want to be for her what I could never be for you But I don't believe in God So I can't be saved All alone as I've learned to be In this mess I have made

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From the back of your big brown eyes

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I knew you'd be gone as soon as you could

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And I hoped you would

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We could see that you weren't yourself

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And the lines on your face did tell it's just as well

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You'd never be yourself again

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Saw you last night, dance by the light of the moon

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Stars in your eyes, free from the life that you knew |

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Sha-la-la...

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You're the magic that holds the sky up from the ground

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You're the breath that blows these cool winds round

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Trading places with an angel now

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Saw you last night, dance by the light of the moon

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Stars in your eyes, free from the life that you knew

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Saw you last night, stars in your eyes, smiled in my room |

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Lying awake in my hospital room

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Silas Creek Parkway is my only view

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And the doctor just came by and told me the news

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I need a second opinion

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I don't believe that it's true

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Well I thought about the army

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Dad said, "Son you're fucking high"

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And I thought, yeah there's a first for everything

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So I took my old man's advice, three sad semesters

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It was only fifteen grand

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Grew a moustache and a mullet

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Got a job at Chick-Fil-A

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Citing artistic differences the band broke up in May

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And in June reformed without me

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And they got a different name

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Been thinking a lot today Been thinking a lot today Been thinking a lot today

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Oh-oh! Think I'll write a screenplay

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Oh-oh! Think I'll take you to LA

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Oh-oh! Think I'll get it done yesterday

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In this time of introspection

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On the eve of my election

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God please spare me more rejection!

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'Cause my peers, they criticize me

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And my ex-wives all despise me

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Try to put it all behind me

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Been thinking a lot today Been thinking a lot today Been thinking a lot today

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I thought about the army

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Choose from any number of magazines

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Who do you want to be?

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Billy Idol or Kool Moe Dee?

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If you're afraid they might discover your redneck past

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There are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past

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They'll never send you home

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Roots, the funny limbs that grow underground

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That keep you from fallin' down

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Don't you think that you need 'em now?

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Just find a place where no one knows of your redneck past

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Yeah, you can easily dispose of your redneck past

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You'll show them all back home

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Desole, je suis American

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Please cook my steak again, je suis American

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Desole, je ne parle pas francais

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(Yo! Yeah? Yo! Break 'em off! Break 'em off!)

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Getcha some books on tape

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To learn about holes in space

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If you're afraid they might uncover your redneck ass

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There are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past

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Oh-oh-oh, oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh oh...

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It's good to be back home

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Jane be Jane you're better that way, not when your trying

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Imitating something you think you saw

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So Jane be Jane and if sometimes that might Drive them away

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Let them stay there, you don't need them anyway

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You're worried there might not be anything at all inside

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That you're worried should tell you that's not right

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Don't try to see yourself the way that others do

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It's no use

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You're worried there might not be anything at all inside That you're worried should tell you that's not right Don't try to see yourself the way that others do It's no use

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But it's your life, you can decorate it as you like

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Beneath the pain and armour in your eyes, the truth still shines

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Jane be Jane, Jane be Jane

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Goodnight, goodnight sweet baby

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The world has more for you

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Than it seems

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We took a small flight

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In the middle of the night

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From one tiny place to another

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And my parents they remained

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At the shack with Lorraine

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And my aunt and my grandpa and brother

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We walked past the tarmac

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And boarded the craft

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The rain had me chilled to the bones

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Just the three of us

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Took flight that night

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Uncle Richard, me and James Earl Jones

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And the pilot he gave me

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Sang to me in deep rich tones...

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Goodnight, goodnight sweet baby

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The world has more for you

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Than it seems

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Ben Folds : The Unauthorised Biography Of Reinhold Messner
1999

Don't Change Your Plans

Mess

Magic

Hospital Song

Army

Your Redneck Past

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Lullabye

Ben Folds : The Unauthorised Biography Of Reinhold Messner 1999

Don't Change Your Plans

Mess

Magic

Hospital Song

Army

Your Redneck Past

Jane

Lullabye

Ben Folds : The Unauthorised Biography Of Reinhold Messner
1999