I'm Not the Man
Ben Folds

What will they write about me?

What will the version be when all is said and done?

Will they remember all of the places seen, the poems lost

Or am I just wondering on? Yeah, I'm just wondering on


There could be fewer days ahead than gone

And all I've spent are long since on my way

To learn that nothing comes for free

But I'm not the man...

I'm not the man... I used to be


So it all comes out in the wash

What would you see?

Tattered pages in the ink stained pockets of your jeans?

So I've come to pay my respects at the wake

I've buried it all and I'm dancing on my own grave


There could be fewer days ahead than gone

And all I've spent are long since on my way

To learn that nothing comes for free

But I'm not the man...

I'm not the man... I used to be


Don't leave me behind

Don't leave me behind

Like I left you behind


There could be fewer days ahead than gone

And all I've spent are long since on my way


To learn that nothing comes for free

I had a lot of time to waste

I wrote the lines upon my face

Chasing down the shots they bought for me

And I'm not the man; I'm not the man

I'm not the man, but I used to be


I used to be my father's son

(I used to be) number one

(I used to be) paper and pencil

(I used to be) endless potential

(I used to be) Heaven and Earth

(I used to be) my net worth

(I used to be) one public, drunken moment

(I used to be) high paid and low rent

(I used to be) a man on a mission

My best chart position

The man in the mirror

You're proud of your cure

A new day, a new town

Your racehorse, your cash cow

'Til I let you all down

No, I want to be. I want to be


I just want to be


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