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
Stop the bus
I wanna be lonely
When seconds pass slowly
And years go flying by
You gotta stop the bus
Ill get off here
Enoughs enough
And Im leaving this factory
All she wants is food on the table
And I wont be able
To bring it home
All I wants
Come on
cause all I need
Yeah, is free
cause Im a factory
Chorus
Did mother nature tell you
Boy you come and go
As you please
Thats what she said to me
Big brother got the keys
And I got jackson cannery
Millionaires and millrats
Live side by side
Messed up my brothers mind
Hes far from earth
Tell me whats he worth
Same as you, same as me
In this factory
Chorus
Its four in the morning
Mother dont know that
Im going far away
Shes whispering to the moon
I hope he dont join you soon
Baby boss climbs up on
His soapbox
Great caesars ghost knows
Whats best for me
So stop the bus
Did mother nature tell you
Boy you come and go
As you please
Thats what she said to me
But big brother got the keys
And I got jackson cannery
Big brother got the keys
And I got jackson cannery
Big bother got the keys
And I got jackson cannery