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Brick by Ben Folds Five

6 am day (1)__________ christmas
I (2)__________ some clothes on in the dark
The smell of cold
Car (3)________ is freezing
The world is sleeping I am numb

Up the (4)____________ to her apartment
She is balled up on the couch
Her mom and dad went down to Charlotte
They're not home to (5)________ us out

And we drive
Now (6)________ I have found someone
I'm feeling more alone
Than I (7)________ (8)________ before
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the (9)__________ and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

They (10)________ her name at 7:30
I pace around the parking lot
Then I (11)________ (12)________ to buy her flowers
And sell (13)________ (14)__________ that I got
Can't you see
It's not me you're dying for
Now she's feeling more alone
Than she ever has before
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the (15)__________ and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm (16)________________ slowly

As (17)__________ went by
It showed that she was not fine
They told me, "son, it's time to (18)________ the truth"
She broke down, and I broke down
Cause I was tired of lying

Driving (19)________ to her apartment
For the moment we're alone
She's alone
I'm alone
Now I know it

She's a brick and I'm (20)________________ slowly
Off the (21)__________ and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

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