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Brick by Ben Folds Five

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

Up the (2)____________ to her apartment
She is balled up on the couch
Her mom and dad went down to Charlotte
They're not (3)________ to find us out

And we drive
Now that I have found someone
I'm feeling more alone
Than I ever have before
She's a (4)__________ and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a (5)__________ and I'm drowning slowly

They call her name at 7:30
I pace around the parking lot
Then I walk down to buy her flowers
And (6)________ some gifts 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 coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm (7)________________ slowly

As weeks went by
It (8)____________ that she was not fine
They told me, "son, it's time to tell the truth"
She broke down, and I (9)__________ down
Cause I was (10)__________ of lying

Driving back 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 drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

Answers:
(1) after(2) stairs(3) home(4) brick(5) brick(6) sell(7) drowning(8) showed(9) broke(10) tired