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  Maybe I should ditch this little white rental on the interstate and start a new effing life…in Effington

  posted by matt | 11.16.09 | permalink | comment?

  I’ve been quite enjoying this song called Effington, off Ben Folds’ latest disc, Way To Normal.

  Lyrics to Effington :
  If there’s a god,
  he’s laughing at us
  And our football team.

  Effington could be a wonderful effing place
  I can see it from the highway
  And I’m wondering
  Are they effing in their yards
  effing in their cars
  effing in the trailers and the backroads and the parking lots of Effington
  Making my way to Normal, Illinois.

  Maybe I should ditch this little white rental on the interstate
  And start a new effing life…in effington
  I could change my name, grow a beard, start a family
  Or I could just keep moving on, moving on, moving on, moving on
  Not stop ’til I get to Normal.

  I want to live in Effington
  I want to die there too.
  Please bury me in Effington
  In Effington
  In Effington
  Oh

  I’ve got this movie in my mind of Effington
  And the soundtrack to it sounds like this

  I want to live in Effington
  I want to die there too.
  Please bury me in Effington
  In Effington
  In Effington
  Oh

  If there’s a god,
  he’s laughing at us
  And our football team.

  And then the people who live in Normal
  Can buy the movies that I’ll make in Effinghton
  That’s what normal people do
  Normal people do it too
  Normal people do it too
  Normal people do it
  People do it
  People do it
  People do it

  I want to live in Effington
  I want to die there to.
  Please bury me in Effington
  In Effington
  In Effington
  In Effington
  In Effington

  

  Tags: ben folds, effington, illinois, normal, way to normal

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