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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Julianne Lyrics
Ben Folds Five
I met this girl
She looked like axl rose
Got drunk and took her home
And we slept in our clothes
And in the morning put
My feet on the floor
And thought
Being awake never felt
Like this before
And julianne you[demo:i] know
She wouldnt approve
Talked all day on the phone
cause I had nothing to do
Got rid of axl by the afternoon
Being awake never felt
So clear and blue
Chorus
Thats all I knew
Guess that I was innocent too
Ill sing a song yeah
And it wont be the blues
cause I dont miss julianne
My friend she told me
She felt sorry for me
She said the truth would
Come crashing down on me
That Id be sorry,
But the truth of it is
That I feel guilty for
Not giving a shit
Chorus
I got a bag of trash
I got my bag of trash
I walk it up and down
And drag it up and down
The road.
How could she miss a man
Who drags a bag of trash
Down the road?
[demo:dont know what she
Saw, what she ever
Saw in me aw hell no
I can play this fucking piano!]
This week I feel
Like Ive been born again
I know that julianne
She would have a fit
Shed find a reason for
The things that I did
And give me credit
For the things that i
Never been
Ohh, thats all I knew
Guess that I was innocent too
[demo:ohh, thats what I am
Say Im not a sensitive man]
Yeah I can try just
As hard as I can
And I dont miss julianne
Ah ooh thats all I do
Guess that I was innocent too
Yeah I can try just
As hard as I can
But I dont miss julianne
Chorus