Fred sits alone at his desk in the dark,
there's an awkward young shadow that waits in the hall.
He has cleared all his things and he's put them in boxes,
things that remind him that life has been good.
Twenty-five years he's worked at the paper,
a man's here to take him downstairs.
And I'm sorry, Mr. Jones, it's time.
There was no party and there were no songs,
'cause today's just a day like the day that he started.
And no one is left here that knows his first name,
yeah and life barrels on like a runaway train,
where the passengers change they don't change anything,
you get off, someone else can get on.
And I'm sorry, Mr. Jones, it's time.
The streetlight it shines through the shades,
casting lines on the floor and lines on his face.
He reflects on the day...
Fred gets his paints out and goes to the basement.
Projecting some slides onto a plain white canvas,
and traces it, fills in the spaces, he turns off the slides and it doesn't look right.
Yeah, and all of these bastards have taken his place.
He's forgotten, but not yet gone.
And I'm sorry, Mr. Jones,
and I'm sorry, Mr. Jones,
and I'm sorry, Mr. Jones, it's time.
All instruments played by Ben Folds
except Cello by Larry Corbett
Additional vocals by John McCrea
String conducted and arranged by John Mark Painter
Produced by Ben Grosse and Ben Folds
Recorded by Ben Grosse and Andrew R. Wallace at Krell Studios, Adelaide, Australia,
The Mix Room, Los Angeles, and Ben Grosse's House, Los Angeles
Mixed by Ben Grosse at the Mix Room, Los Angeles
Additional engineers: Blumpy, Cameron Webb
Additional recording at Mad Hatter, Los Angeles and Lafx, Los Angeles
Assistants: Rick Behrens, Aaron Lepley, Chuck Bailey, Justin Pynes, Uly Noriega, Dale Lawtone
Programming and shitty track fixers: Ben Grosse, Andrew R. Wallace, Blumpy, Cameron Webb, John Vitale
Engineered by Andrew R. Wallace
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound Chelsea
2001 Free From the Man Songs (BMI).
- 专辑：Rockin' the Suburbs
- 歌手：Ben Folds
- 歌曲：Fred Jones, Pt. 2