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Artist: Ben Folds Five
Canonical path: /ben-folds-five/underground
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Underground
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Underground
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Intro:
"I was never cool in school.
I'm sure you don't remember me.
But now it's been ten years and I'm still wondering who to be.
I love to mix in circles, cliques, and social coteries (that'sme)
Hand me my nose ring!
(Can we be happy?)
Show me the mosh pit!
(Can we be happy?)
We can be happy underground.
Who's got the looks?
Who's got the brains?
Who's got everything?
I've got this pain in my heart, that's all.
(Hey you with the long and lonely face)
There's got to be something else
Let me tell you something else
There was a girl that passed me by
She gave a smile but I was shy and looked down
(Don't look down no no! Go go underground)
Now now there's a place to go.
It's the morning now, its the evening
It's everything.
I click my heels and I'm there.
Chorus:
(Underground, Underground)
Everything's heavy underground
You've been kicked around,
Did life bring you down here?
Everything's heavy underground
And we'll be decked in all black
Slamming the pit fantastic.
Officer Friendly's little boy's got a mohawk
And he knows just where we're coming from.
It's industrial, work it underground
Get down, get down, get down
oh we can't, oh we can't, oh we can't be
Chorus:
oh, we can't, oh we can't, oh we can't be (3x)
everything's happy underground, everything's happy underground.
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