• Adalaide
    Adelaide On a plane Far from the United States Of LA Dropping in from outer space Takes a day Now I see the bogans At the motor race Here you know the world cou...
  • Air
    Saw a silhouette across a fluorescent Floating overhead, undoing his helmet Through the murky beams and blue-green sea life I saw him spinnin' towards the moonl...
  • Alice Childress
    Some summers in the evening after 6 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 wo...
  • All U Can Eat
    Son, look at all the people In this restaurant What do you think they weigh? And out the window To the parking lot At their SUVs taking all of this space They ...
  • Amelia Bright
    Hey, something is new It got into me and I hope that it got into you The way my covers are made Trumpets will play And I hope that it's inside I hope that it go...
  • Anatole
    what happened here? where did you go? are you hurt, are you stoned? what's gone wrong, Anatole? what's gone wrong? you're not in sync you haven't been quite ri...
  • Anne Waits
    *Note: this album (and obviously song) are by Ben Folds as a solo artist, not Ben Folds Five The correction form doesn't allow you to change the artist, so i ...
  • Army
    Well I thought about the army Dad said, son you're fucking high And I thought, yeah there's a first for everything So I took my old man's advice Three sad semes...
  • B**tard
    The old bastard left his ties and a suit A brown box, mothballs and bowling shoes And his opinion so you'd never have to choose Pretty soon, you'll be an old ba...
  • Bad Idea
    Pull over the car, pull over the car, I think I see some sweet squirrel rim Pull over the car, pull over the car, I think I feel like King Tut again I don't wa...
  • Barrytown
    I'm not one to look behind I know that times must change But over there in barrytown they do things very strange Though you're not my enemy, I'd like things lik...
  • Bastard
    The old bastard left his ties and his suit A brown box, mothballs and bowling shoes And his opinion so you'd never have to choose Pretty soon, you'll be an old ...
  • Battle Of Who Could Care Less
    Do you not hear me anymore? I know it's not your thing to care I know it's cool to be so bored Sucks me in when you're aloof It sucks me in, it sucks it works I...
  • Ben Folds Landed
    We'd hit the bottom I thought it was my fault And in a way I guess it was I'm just now finding out What it was all about We'd moved to the west coast Away from...
  • Best Imitation Of Myself
    I feel like a quote out of context Withholding the rest So I can be free what you want to see I got the gesture and sound Got the timing down It's uncanny, yeah...
  • Birds
    Oh no,love just leaves you bruised If you want to know,you find something to lose The world won't turn until something breaks Who will make the first last mista...
  • Bitch Went Nutz
    I took her with me To the Christmas office party, mistake She did a line and started Spouting all her liberal garbage Bro, I'm so ashamed I never heard such sh...
  • Bitches Ain't Shit
    Bitches ain't shit Bitches ain't shit Bitches ain't shit but hoes and tricks Lick on these nuts and suck the dick Just get the fuck out after you're done And I...
  • Bizarre Christmas Incident
    (Ho, ho, hoPlay it GrandpaYeah, play itLet's tell them a little story about what happened this Christmas Yeah, tell them tell 'em 'bout Christmas) Christmas E...
  • Boxing
    Howard, the strangest things Have happened lately when I Take a good swing at all my dreams They pivot and slip I drop my fists and they're back Laughing Howard...
  • Brainwascht
    One, two, three If you wanna write a letter, write a letter If you'd rather make a phone call Pick up the phone up, and call me But if you had to say it all wi...
  • Brick
    6am, day after Christmas I throw some clothes on in the dark The smell of cold Car seat is freezing The world is sleeping I am num Up the stairs to her apartmen...
  • Bruised
    Oh no,love just leaves you bruised If you want to know,you find something to lose The world won't turn until something breaks Who will make the first last mista...
  • Careless Whisper
    I feel so unsure as I take your hand And lead you to the dance floor As the music dies Something in your eyes Calls to mind the silver screen And all it's sad ...
  • Carrying Cathy
    Her window was hung like a painting She worried it might come to life She stared for hours So obsessed was I and self-absorbed that i Didn't see that she was Cr...
  • Champagne Supernova
    How many special people change How many lives are living strange Where were you when we were getting high? Slowly walking down the hall Faster than a cannonbal...
  • Cigarette
    Fred jones was worn down From caring for his often Screaming and crying wife Burning the day but He couldn't sleep at night for fear that she In a stupor from t...
  • Cologne
    Here in Cologne I know I said it wrong I walked you to the train and back across alone To my hotel room and ordered me some food And now I'm wondering Why the f...
  • Cool Whip
    Don't know much about birds and bees About your cats and your mysterious appointments Wondered where you coulda ducked outta sight Deal with all your appointmen...
  • Crosstown Traffic
    You jumped in front of my car When you, you don't wanna jive Ninty miles an hour, girl, is the Speed I drive You tell me it's alright, You don't mind a little ...
  • Doc Pomus
    "Doc Pomus" Man in a wheelchair in the lobby of the Forrest With frighters, hustlers, hard-up millionaires Mobsters, cops, whores, pimps and Marxists All huma...
  • Doctor My Eyes
    Doctor, my eyes have seen the years And the slow parade of fears without crying Now I want to understand I have done all that I could To see the evil and the g...
  • Dog
    Well, my dog wears a path in the same line And lately I'm thinking I might take his advice Well, he sees through the fence and he thinks I'm free Well, my cane...
  • Don't Change Your Plans
    Sometimes I get the feeling That I won't be on this planet For very long I really like it here I'm quite attached to it I hope I'm wrong All I really wanna say...
  • Dr My Eyes
    from Banger Sisters soundtrack Dr my eyes have seen the years and this slow parade of fears without crying now I want to understand I have done all that I cou...
  • Dr Yang
    Uh, oh Hey Dr Yin Chain smoking Chinese centenarian Deck my back with pins Connect the wires and plug me in Uh, oh Hey, Love Master Z Sexy online psychic ove...
  • Eddie Walker
    Won't you smile you look so shocked Put the nametag on your smock We've come to see you, Eddie walker We may pack a little tight The girl up front says It's al...
  • Eddie Walker, This is Your Life
    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 nurse up-front says ...
  • Effington
    If there's a God He's laughing at us and our football team Effington could be a wonderful f'ing place I can see it from the highway and I'm wondering Are they...
  • Emaline
    I wish it was last September So 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 That we'v...
  • Errant Dog
    Have you seen that dog? I've got to get him back I had him tied to a tree but he keeps getting out He's probably running loose with the bitches And when I catch...
  • Evaporated
    What I've kept with me, and what I've thrown away And where the hell I've ended up On this glary, random day Were the things I really cared about, just left alo...
  • Fair
    He shouted out his last word And he stumbled through the yard And she shattered her last china plate And spun off in the car When he lunged onto the hood She st...
  • Family Of Me
    How great I am Gotta tell myself, yeah I'm the man Looks grim right now But pretty soon we'll be laughing about it Ohh, and it's alright Yeah, it is, I swear y...
  • Fear Of Pop
    I can see me three stories tall floating high above the wall like Adam Duritz my bedroom wall I'm taking pictures I'm lifting off, I'm lifting off I think I'm...
  • Fired
    Lucretia walks into a room Because she does it's not the same room The one she wanted to be in She says, "Everywhere I go, damn! There I am" And I just want to ...
  • For All The Pretty People
    Note: is an instrumental with speaking at the beginning not sure who says what -- God damn, I wanna rock -- ready to rock, man? -- (laughing) yeah! (drummin...
  • For Those Of Y'all Who Wear Fanny Packs
    [note: i've listened real hard and Done my research on references, but the fact remains Parts of this transcription are pretty much shots in the dark] ( step...
  • Fred Jones, Pt 2
    Fred sits alone at his desk in the dark There's an awkward young shadow that waits in the hall He's cleared all his things and he's put them in boxes Things tha...
  • Free Coffee Town
    I want to live in a land where there's free coffee And the beer flows out of the ground The women are nice and they don't think twice About kissing you and fool...
  • Frown Song
    Tread slowly from the car to the spa Like a weary war-torn refugee Crossing the border with her starving child It's a struggle just to get to shiatsu Present t...
  • Get Your Hands Off My Woman
    You are drunk and surly In Latino lover mode We all know what's on your agenda You've broken the code Oh, I've got no right to lay claim to her frame She's not...
  • Girl
    Ahh, yeah Girl, it's been a long time Since we had it going on that way Feelings getting stronger Each and every day Ahh Wake up, oh yeah I can feel you but ...
  • Give Judy My Notice
    Judy Could anyone be loved anymore and I love you does it hurt you too? Well, Judy I've been feeling small too long I love you so but something's wrong and I ...
  • Golden Slumbers
    Once there was a way To get back homeward Once there was a way To get back home Sleep pretty darling Do not cry And I will sing a lullabye Golden slumbers Fill...
  • Gone
    I thought I'd write, I thought I'd let you know In the year since you've been gone I've finally let you go And I hope you find some time to drop a note But if y...
  • Gracie
    You can't fool me I saw you when you came out You got your momma's taste But you got my mouth You will always have a part of me And nobody else is ever gonna s...
  • Guilty
    Another guilty white boy, won't you turn me in? Always had it easy, charge me for my sins Ain't been through the slavery, ain't been through the cotton fields ...
  • Half Asleep
    Half asleep, half a billboard, half a street, that's my window, All in all, If you wanna know, I'm half asleep Old friends and strangers, they treat me like a l...
  • Hava Nagila
    Hava nagila, Hava nagila, Hava nagila, Ve' Nismecha Hava nagila, Hava nagila, Hava nagila, Ve' Nismecha Hava neranena, Hava neranena, Hava neranena, Ve' Nisme...
  • Heist
    You don't stop (x4) Follow me into the great unknown Where pink flamingos grow Diet soda flows and what you take Magically regenerates All supermarket shelves ...
  • Hiro's Song
    My Name is Hiro I am 51 Since 1980 life has been no fun And I don't want to die I left my family for the secretary Oh, oh Oh, oh Oh, oh Her name is Yuko she is...
  • Hiroshima
    Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Start of the show Hiroshima And the people were shouting my name As the house lights came down and ...
  • Honey Don't
    Well how come you say you will when you won't You tell me you do baby when you don't Let me know honey how you feel Tell the truth now is love real Ah-ah oh, h...
  • How I Wish You Were Here
    So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, Blue skies from pain Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail A smile from a veil Do you think you can ...
  • I Paid My Money
    turn up the music thanks! I paid my money and I'm gonna see all the movie I paid my money and I'm gonna see all the movie and it's gonna be good I'm telling y...
  • In Between Days
    yesterday I got so old I felt like I could die yesterday I got so old it made me want to cry so go on just walk away go on, go on your choice is made go on, go...
  • In Love
    I remember the night we met that night we sat entwined under summer skies I looked into your eyes and you looked into mine you said, "you're not like the rest"...
  • Interlude
    one, two, three one, two, three two, two, three three, two, three four, two, three one, two, three two, two, three three, two, three four, two, three one, two...
  • Jackson Cannery
    Stop the bus I wanna be lonely When seconds pass slowly And years go flying by You gotta stop the bus I'll get off here Enough's enough I'm leaving this factory...
  • Jane
    Jane be jane You're better that way Not when your trying Imitating something you think you saw Jane be jane And if sometimes that might Drive them away Let the...
  • Jesusland
    Take a walk Out the gate you go and never stop Past all the stores and wig shops Quarter in a cup for every block And watch the buildings grow Smaller as you go...
  • Julianne
    I met this girl, she looked like Axl Rose Got drunk and took her home and we slept in our clothes In the morning put my feet on the floor and thought Being awak...
  • Just Pretend
    While I held you with our undry eyes Happy years pass by It's OK to cry After all In the end Just pretend Well it's sticks and stones and broken homes that ta...
  • Kalamazoo
    Running my mouth Ran up a tab and all the way back to kalamazoo All the way back home I was surely stoned, now I'm sober in my yard Can you believe I was there?...
  • Kate
    She plays Wipeout on the drums The squirrels and the birds come Gather round to sing the guitar Oh IHave you got nothing to say? When all words fail she speaks...
  • Kkk Took My Baby Away
    well she went away for the holidays said she's going to LA But she never got there, never got ther, never got there they say oh oh oh she went away for the holi...
  • Kops
    (drivers license and registration please (what's the problem sir?) (step out of your car and show me your CD collection) (um, i wasn't speeding) (i don't care i...
  • Kylie From Connecticut
    It's just a thought but where did it come from? What does she do if it, if it comes back? A note from his assistant there by the telephone She sees it again as ...
  • Landed
    We'd hit the bottom I thought it was my fault And in a way I guess it was I'm just now finding out What it was all about We'd moved to the west coast Away from...
  • Late
    Under some dirty words on a dirty wall Eating takeout by myself I played the shows Got back in the van and put the Walkman on And you were playing In some othe...
  • Learn to Live with What You Are
    I know that you're in there I can see you You're saying you're okay I don't believe you And now that the gig is up The spell is broken The fat lady's sung The ...
  • Leather Jacket
    Had a dream that you were in The leather jacket that didn't fit Until we split in two Half of you turned into glue And half of me latched onto you Under the su...
  • Lonely
    lonely, let me sit here with my loneliness let me keep the shreds, 'cause they are the only give me space to ache "? it's hot in here allow me to be free to nee...
  • Lonely Christmas Eve
    I'm not so bad I just hate to see a good time had By everyone but me On this lonely christmas eve I hear them up and down And up and down the street They're ma...
  • Losing Lisa
    The lights are off again She took me by surprise She's so sensitive This shit just happens sometimes She's my everything She's my best friend and more We don't ...
  • Lost In The Supermarket
    I'm all lost in the supermarket I can no longer shop happily I came in here for the special offer A guaranteed personality I wasn't born so much as I fell out ...
  • Lovesick Diagnostician
    Dr Yang, help me mend this broken heart You got to help me, doc, I don't know where to start When she walked right out that door And left me crying on the floor...
  • Lullaby
    Goodnight, goodnight, sweet baby The world has more for you Than it seems Goodnight, goodnight Let the moonlight take the lid off your dreams We took a small f...
  • Magic
    From the back of your big brown eyes I knew you'd be gone as soon as you could And I hoped you would We could see that you weren't yourself And the lines on you...
  • Make Me Mommy
    (ohhh!) (Mommy!) (she touched me Mommy!) (ohhh!) (Mommy!) (he touched me first!) you two! you make me mad! you're bad! you go to your room! (you make me Momm...
  • Mess
    There was a time that I had nothing to explain Oh, this mess I had made But then things got complicated My innocence has all but faded Oh, this mess I have made...
  • Missing The War
    All is quiet, his tired eyes See figures shining down, And clothes all strewn around bedroom floor Now nothings adding up, And nothings making sense She's slee...
  • Mitchell Lane
    Having isn't bliss, sunshine is amiss Happy when you're cold, wanna be alone He's a lot of steam, she's a lot of breath Takes a lot to see, takes a lot to beg ...
  • Narcolepsy
    I should warn you I go to sleep I know you don't Know what I mean Yet I get upset or happy I go to sleep Nothing hurts when I go to sleep But I'm not tired I'm...
  • Norina
    Norina, your man is a ghost and lives with a war in his soul oh, suffers from lifetimes before oh, Norina, let the next one be gold Norina, they're killing me ...
  • Not The Same
    You took a trip and climbed a tree At robert sledge's party And there you stayed 'till morning came And you were not the same after that You gave your life to ...
  • One Angry Dwarf & 200 Solemn Faces
    September '75 I was 47 inches high Mom said someday I would have A bad ass mother gi joe For your little minds to blow I still got beat up after class Now I'm ...
  • One Down
    (One Two One, two, three, four) I got up and I drove to work On the wrong side of the road What the hell would I do I must admit I didn't know Andrea came al...
  • Password
    I know you You think I don't but I do I've been listening And I don't forget So I can do this I can pass the test You went to school in chicago Your moms maiden...