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
You took a trip and climbed a tree
At robert sledges party
And there you stayed till morning came
And you were not the same after that
You gave your life to jesus christ
And after all your friends went home
You came down, you looked around
And you were not the same after that
(ahhh ahhh)
You were not the same after that
(ahhh ahhh)
You were not the same after that
You see em drop like flies from the bright sunny skies
They come knocking at your door with this look in their eyes
Youve got one good trick and youre hanging on youre hanging on...
To it
You took the word and made it heard
And eased the peoples pain and for that
You were idolised, immortalised
And you were not the same after that
Walking tall, youd bought it all
And you were not the same after that
Till someone died on the waterslide
And you were not the same after that
You see em drop like flies from the bright sunny skies
They come knocking at your door with this look in their eyes
Youve got one good trick and youre hanging on youre hanging on to it
(ooh ooh ooh ooh)
(you were not the same!)
You see em drop like flies from the bright sunny skies
They come knocking at your door with this look in their eyes
Youve got one good trick and youre hanging on youre hanging on
Youre hanging onyoure hanging on