Unreleased Songs

Ben Folds Five Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Air

Saw a silhouette across a fluorescent
Floating overhead, undoing his helmet
Through the murky beams and blue-green sea life
I saw him spinnin' towards the moonlight

I pull him in, he wasn't breathin'
His eyes were wide and I saw two of me there
There's an ugly buzz that hovers just above the quiet
Found a way to make it silent

I'm comin' up for air
I'm comin' up for air
Air
Air

They hold my hand and ask me to pull through
A voice I know says 'Dear, he probably can't hear you...'

Comin' up for air
Comin' up for air
Comin' up for air


2.Champagne Supernova

How many special people change
How many lives are living strange
Where were you when we were getting high?

Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannonball
Where were you when we were getting high?

Some day you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a Champagne Supernova in the sky
Some day you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a Champagne Supernova
A Champagne Supernova
In the sky..

Continuation (full version):

Wake up the dawn and ask her why
A dreamer dreams she never dies
Wipe that tear away now from your eye
Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannonball
Where were you when we were getting high?

Cos people believe that they're
Gonna get away for the summer
But you and I, we live and die
The world's still spinning round
We dont know why, why?


3.Cool Whip

Don't know much about birds and bees
About your cats and your mysterious appointments
Wondered where you coulda ducked outta sight
Deal with all your appointments
Hangin on your arm last night
Checking out, don't go checking out!

Cool whip, oh oh oh
That tops it off
We think you better cool it

Cool Whip, oh oh oh
That tops it off
We think you better cool it down!

Seen it happen a hundred times
Its like a trap, or going off to jail
Remember Ken and the girl who wrote 'The Men'?
Well she got fat, and now they're living in a trailer
Your checking out, don't go checking out!

Cool whip, oh oh oh
That tops it off
We think you better cool it

Cool Whip, oh oh oh
That tops it off
We think you better cool it down!

Got your pick of any girl in the world
I aint no sissy, but you could do much better
In brooklyn, I'm the only one who's a mirror
No little girl is gonna tell me what to do!

You need to have your little fun with the boys
Out drinking on a friday,
Kick some ass and play some poker
Your sayin shit that dont sound too cool
Like lovey dovey hunny bunny
Give us all a break dude
Your checkin out

Cool Whip, oh oh oh

Cool Whip, oh oh oh

Cool Whip, oh oh oh

Cool Whip, oh oh oh
That tops it off
We think you better cool it down


4.CrossTown Traffic

You jumped in front of my car
when you, you dont wanna jive.
Ninty miles an hour, girl, is the
speed I drive.

You tell me it's alright,
you don't mind a little pain
And all you want me to do
is a take you for a drive

You're just like
Crosstown traffic, So hard to get through to you now now yeah
Crosstown traffic, always runnin over you child child hey
Crosstown traffic, What you do is slow me down
When I got better things on the other side of town

Now I'm not the only soul who's
accused of hit and run child
Tire tracks all across your back
I can , I can see that you had your fun now
darlin' can't you see my signals turn from green to red
And with you I can see a traffic jam
straight up ahead

You're just like
Crosstown traffic, So hard to get through to you now now hey
Crosstown traffic, always runnin over you child
Crosstown traffic, All you do is slow me down
When I got better things on the other side of town
Oh oh oh!

Yeah yeah
Crosstown Traffic
Oh oh oh oh oh ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh
Crosstown Traffic
Oh oh oh yeah
Crosstown Traffic
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh


5.For All The Pretty People

NOTE:is an instrumental with speaking at the beginning. Not sure
who says what.

God damn, I wanna rock.

Ready to rock, man?

(laughing) Yeah!

(drumming)

Hey! Hey! Hey, quit fucking around! I wanna rock, OK? 1, 2, 1,
2, 3..

(Robert's fuzz bass, and Darren plays a swing beat. Robert stops
and Ben
plays. Everything stops.)

Man, I am serious. (laughing in BG) I'm not fuckin' around now,
I'm
three inches tall on this little fuckin' mic and it SUCKS! I
wanna ROCK!
Enough (?) bullshit, you motherfuckers, let's GO! 1, 2, 1, 2, 3,
4...

(music starts, then stops)

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

2, 3, 4!

(music starts, then stops)

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

1, 2, 3, 4!

(music plays to end)


6.Guilty

Another guilty white boy, won't you turn me in?
Always had it easy, charge me for my sins

Ain't been through the slavery, ain't been through the cotton
fields
Through the back of a bus oh, cos I'm guilty

Ain't been through the slavery, ain't been through the cotton
fields
Through the back of a bus oh, cos I'm ooh guilty

Broken bones and bruises, Daddy brought the ball this far
But living on his shoulders, he passed it with his car

I've been through the little league, a 9 years old in the social
arena
Oh baby gonna beat beat beat em, cos I'm guilty

I've been through the little league, a 9 years old in the social
arena
Oh baby gonna beat beat beat em, cos I'm guilty

Always had it easy my future's in the mail
Every reason to succeed, every chance to fail
Ain't got nothing on nobody, no no no no no no no
If I found that opportunity, I lost my soul
Grandpa saw World War II, old man saw Vietnam
I spent my allowance just to see Mauthausen
And now I'm guilty

I've been through the little league, a 9 years old in the social
arena
Oh baby gonna beat beat beat em, well I'm guilty

Ain't been through the slavery, ain't been through the cotton
fields
Through the back of a bus oh, cos I'm guilty

You wonder why we fall on top of everyone
You wonder why we're no fun
Cos we're guilty


7.Hava Nagila (Isreali Folk Song)

Hava nagila,
Hava nagila,
Hava nagila,
Venis mecha.

Hava nagila,
Hava nagila,
Hava nagila,
Venis mecha.

Hava neranena,
Hava neranena,
Hava neranena,
Venis mecha.

Hava neranena,
Hava neranena,
Hava neranena,
Venis mecha.

Uru, Uru achim,
Uru achim belev sameach,
Uru achim belev sameach,
Uru achim belev sameach,
Uru achim
Uru achim
Belev sameach.


8.Kalamazoo

Running my mouth
Ran up a tab and all the way back to Kalamazoo
All the way back home
I was surely stoned, now I'm sober in my yard
Can you believe I was there?
Can you believe I've been anywhere else?

There was a time, almost forgot,
we had been drifting all the way to Kalamazoo
And I said that I loved you too
All the way back home
There's a little joke, I just made up
How many of me would it take to screw up your life?
One to settle down, one to turn you around
Now I'm sober in my yard
I would say you had to be there, now I regret that you're still
there

Seems like you've been frozen, frozen there in time
Waving your goodbyes
Up to the sky

You place on the ..... has faded away
Used to be lost in more than one way
Kalamazoo, don't you know that I've been there too
And it'd put your mind more at ease
If you'd say those words of release
All the way back home


9.Leather Jacket

Had a dream that you were in
The leather jacket that didn't fit
Until we split in two

Half of you turned into glue
And half of me latched onto you
Under the summer moon

All for a leather jacket
We were so indecisive
We hadn't really thought it through
Cuz we were so in love then
And things like that don't happen
And things like that don't slip away

But sometimes they do


10.Michell Lane

Having isn't bliss, sunshine is amiss
Happy when you're cold, wanna be alone
He's a lot of steam, she's a lot of breath
Takes a lot to see, takes a lot to beg

And it's just like Mitchell Lane, everything's the same

Wanna kill your friends, reminded you of when
Happy when you're stoned, wanna be old

And it's just like Mitchell Lane, everything's the same
So go on, go on and complain

Remember when we were 15, and Robbie made that stupid face all
day
I guess he made his point, cos I'm still here when I could be
anywhere

Having isn't bliss, sunshine is amiss

And it's just like Mitchell Lane, everything's the same
So go on, go on and complain

And it's just like Mitchell Lane, everything's the same
So go on, go on and complain


11.Protection

Tourists wear their wallets in odd places when abroad,
so as not to be ripped off and ways to ..........
Lawyers write some goofy terms in letters to the future,
so as not to be all screwed by methods here and after devised

So will I.

And I guess I will protect myself from you.
Sometimes I get so tickled I just can't talk.
I will protect myself from you.
I'll keep on reminding me,
I'm always free,
I'm always free to walk.

You're not exactly what I'm looking for,
You don't even know that when I've got it straight,
now keep it in mind,
No you're not what I was looking for.
I just need a little more of what you've got.
A little bit dumb, make me laugh.

And I guess I will protect myself from you.
Sometimes I get so tickled I just can't talk.
I will protect myself from you.
I'll keep on reminding me,
I'm always free,
I'm always free to walk.

It's like they used to say, it's a free country anyway.

Whatever happens between you and me today,
probably will be OK,
but it won't bother me anyway.

And I guess I will protect myself from you.
Sometimes I get so tickled I just can't talk.
I will protect myself from you.
I'll keep on reminding me,
I'm always free,
I'm always free to walk.

Always free.
Free to walk.
You can't hurt me 'cos I don't care about you.
I don't give a shit about you.


12.Rocky

We were in a park
and I could jump so far.
Seems that all I'd ever done,
were smoking pot out in the car.
And this fear faded in,
from my deputies in my old school.

He says
'Ben, we both know you're a saint,
I've been running through these fields
it's such a lovely place you drink,
is it your imagination,
it's been years since I've been on my feet?'

Now it's Rocky's day,
and it's on it's way.
Sun won't be coming out today.
Now it's Rocky's day,
and it's time he went away.
Sun won't be coming out today.

Now I recall,
but I don't know who,
told me Rocky was a runner,
won a medal back in school.
Now at Christmas Momma says,
you go up in Rocky's room.
And as we watch the sun go down,
he thanks me for my dreams.
He says 'I know you think you are,
but you're not completely free.
The man who's seen the spectre of the ...
completely free.'

Now it's Rocky's day,
and it's on it's way.
Sun won't be coming out today.
Now it's Rocky's day,
and it's on it's way.
Sun won't be coming out today.

Then he smiled,
and he turned and walked away.
He said over his shoulder,
'I'll be gone when you're awake.'

Now it's Rocky's day,
and it's on it's way.
Sun won't be coming out today.
Now it's Rocky's day,
and it's on it's way.
Sun won't be coming out today.


13.She Dont Use Jelly

I know a girl who thinks of ghosts
She'll make ya breakfast
She'll make ya toast
She don't use butter
She don't use cheese
She don't use jelly
Or any of these
She uses vaseline (vaseline)
Vaseline (vaseline)

I know a guy who goes to shows
When he's at home and he blows his nose
He don't use tissues or his sleeve
He don't use napkins or any of these
He uses magazines (magazines)
Magazines (magazines)

I know a girl who reminds me of cher
She's always changing
The color of her hair
But she don't use nothing
That ya buy at the store
She likes her hair to be real orange
She uses tangerines (tangerines)
Tangerines (tangerines)
Tangerines (tangerines)
Tangerines (tangerines)


14.Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down (Merle Haggard)

Tonight the bottle let me down
It let your memory come around
The one true friend I thought I'd found
Tonight the bottle let me down

I've always had a bottle I could turn to
And lately I've been turnin' every day
But the wine don't take effect the way it used to
And I'm hurtin' in old familiar ways

Tonight the bottle let me down
It let your memory come around
The one true friend I thought I'd found
Tonight the bottle let me down

Each night I leave the bar room when it's over
Not feeling any pain at closing time
But tonight your memory found me much too sober
I can't drink enough to keep you off my mind

Tonight the bottle let me down
It let your memory come around
The one true friend I thought I'd found
Tonight the bottle let me down


15.Video Killed The Radio Star

I heard you on my wireless back in Fifty Two
Lying awake intently tuning in on you
If I were young it didn't stop you coming through

Oh-a oh

They took the credit for your second symphony
Rewritten by machine all new technology,
and now I understand the problems you can see

Oh-a oh

I met your children
Oh-a oh

What did you tell them?
Video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star

Pictures came and broke your heart
Oh-a-a-a oh

And now we meet in an abandoned studio
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago
And you remember the jingles used to go
Oh-a oh
You were the first one
Oh-a oh
Maybe the last one

Video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star
In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone to far
Oh-a-aho oh
Oh-a-aho oh

Video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star

In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone to far
Pictures came and broke your heart, put all the blame on VTR

You are the radio star
You are the radio star

Video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star

You are the radio star
Video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star

You are the radio star
Video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star


16.Wave A White Flag (Elvis Costello)

Take off your shoes, hang up your wings
Stack up the chairs, roll up the rug
Savor the things that sobriety brings
Drain in the last from a jug

But when I hit the bottle, there's no tellin' what I'll do
'Cause something deep inside me wants to turn you black and blue
I can't resist you, I can't wait
To twist your loving arms 'til you capitulate

Beat me in the kitchen, and I'll beat you in the hall
There's nothing I love better than a free for all
To take your pretty neck and see which way it bends
But when it is all over we will still be friends

Wave a white flag, put away the pistol
Too many people just can't get kissed
But if there's nothin' I can do to make amends, baby
Hope you don't murder me

Oh, was it all right, or was it okay
I'll make it all up to you someday
Oh, but you didn't have to laugh that way
Oh, no, you didn't have to laugh that way

Wave a white flag, put away the pistol
Too many people just can't get kissed
But if there's nothin' I can do to make amends, baby
Hope you don't murder me
Gee, baby, hope you don't murder me