Ben Folds Five(1994-2000) was a three-member band formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, who until their breakup in 2000 were a mainstay of piano rock. Much of their work was influenced by jazz, evident in frequent improv-styled passages through bridge and/or ending. The members of the band were: Ben Folds, the lead singer and pianist, who also wrote most of the songs; Robert Sledgeon bass and Darren Jesseeon drums. The group enjoyed the success of the single Brickin 1998, a ballad written by Folds (with a chorus by Jessee) about his high school girlfriend getting an abortion. This song has, to a large degree, misrepresented the band to fans who aren't familiar with their other work; "Brick" is a serious ballad, whereas most of their music is characterised by jazz inflections and witty, humorous lyrics.
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Ben Folds Five
Lucretia walks into a room.
Because she does its 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 walk away
Wont you let me walk away sometimes?
Wont you let me walk away?
Every one of you is fired
Im just an ordinary guy
And all I want is to be loved - is that so wrong?
Dont think that I dont know what youre saying about me
I hear it all through these thin walls
And I just want to walk away
Wont you let me walk away this time?
I just want to walk away
Every one of you is fired
Every one of you is oh oh oh oh
Every one of you is fired, yeah!
(ooh!)
I just want to walk away
Wont you let me walk away this time?
cause I just want to walk away
Every one of you is fired
Every one of you is oh oh oh oh
Every one of you is fired
Every one of you is oh oh oh oh
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Motherf*cker!