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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I Paid My Money Lyrics
Ben Folds Five
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 you people
it's gonna be real good,
'cause I paid my money
I paid my money
bring it on!
yeah!
I see people leaving early
they don't know what they're missing,
they don't know what they're missing —
they're missing half the movie
and I'll not be screwed —
I'll not be screwed
like the people leaving early,
'cause I paid my money,
I paid my money
I paid!
I paid!
I paid!
roll up the windows
I hear a tale about a store
where pain's for free
and if I ask for more
I don't pay my money
and it's terrible pain
and it's all for free
and if I ask for more
they're gonna give it to me
[I'll not be screwed]
I'll not be screwed
[I'll not be screwed]
[like the people leaving early]
[I'll not be screwed]
funky bass
yeah!
ho!
[you're living in a fantasy world]
[You can't go on like this, girl]
[I made an investment]
I paid my money
[I paid my money]
and I'm gonna see all the movie
I paid my money
[I paid my money]
and I'm gonna see all the movie
and it's gonna be good
[it's gonna be good!]
and I'm telling you people
it's gonna be real good,
'cause I paid my money
[I paid my money]
I paid my money
[I paid!]
[I paid!]
I paid
[I paid!]
I paid
[I paid!]
I paid
I paid my money
I paid my money
I paid my money
and I saw it all