Bastard - Ben Folds

The old bastard left his ties and his suit

A brown box, moth balls and bowling shoes

And his opinion so you never have to choose

Pretty soon, you’ll be an old bastard too.

You get smaller while the world gets big

The more you know, you know, you don’t know shit.

The «wiz-man'll"never fit like the «wiz-kid"did.

CHORUS:

So why d’you gotta act like you know

When you don’t know.

Its okay if you don’t know everything

Why d’you gotta act like you know and you don’t know

It’s okay if you don’t know everything

Close your eyes, close your ears young man

You’ve seen and heard all an old man can

Spread the facts on the floor like a fan

Throw away the one’s that make you feel bad

Kids today are getting old too fast

They can’t wait to grow up So they can kick some ass

The get nostalgic about the last ten years

Before the last ten years have past

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Tears land on a hand on a chest

The old bastard the had a paradigm arrest

He got smaller and the world got big

The more he knew he knew he didn’t know shit

The «wiz-man"never fit him like the «wiz-kid"did

((chorus))