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The Ascent Of Stan - Lyrics by Ben Folds


Lyrics
Pangs of silence

From the room upstairs

How's the view there?

Do you read what they're saying about you?

That you're no fun

Since the war was won

In fact, you have become all of the things you've always run away from


The ascent of Stan

Textbook hippie man

Get rest while you can


So where'd the years go?

All the time we had?

Being poor was not such a drag in hindsight

And you wonder why your father was so resigned

Now you don't wonder any more


The ascent of Stan

Textbook hippie man

Textbook hippie man

Get rest while you can


Stan: Once you wanted revolution

Stan: Now you're the institution

Stan: How's it feel to be the man?

It's no fun to be the man


And now, watch it all go down


The ascent of Stan

Textbook hippie man(
Stan)

Textbook hippie man

Get rest while you can


Stan: Once you wanted revolution

Stan: Now you're the institution

Stan: How's it feel to be the man?


It's no fun to be the man

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