Artist: Cake

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Fred Jones, Part 2 (With Ben Folds)

*Ben Folds*
Fred sits alone at his desk in the dark,
there's an awkward young shadow who waits in the hall.
Yeah, he's 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,
the 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 who knows his first name,
and life barrels on like a runaway train
where the passengers change, but they don't change anything
you get off someone else can get on

and "I'm sorry, Mr. Jones, it's time"

*w/John Mcrae*
Street light 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"

*Ben Folds: "John Mcrae of Cake, y'all"*

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2. Alpha Beta Parking Lot
3. Building A Religion
4. Carbon Monoxide
5. Comanche
6. Comfort Eagle
7. Commissioning A Symphony In C
8. Cool Blue Reason
9. Daria
10. Dime
11. End Of The Movie
12. Frank Sinatra
13. Fred Jones, Part 2 (With Ben Folds)
14. Friend Is A Four Letter Word
15. Going The Distance
16. Guitar
17. Half As Much
18. Haze Of Love
19. He’s Going The Distance
20. Hem Of Your Garment
21. I Bombed Korea
22. I Will Survive
23. Is This Love
24. It’s Coming Down
25. Italian Leather Sofa
26. Jesus Wrote A Blank Check
27. Jolene
28. Let Me Go
29. Long Line Of Cars
30. Lose Yourself
31. Love You Madly
32. Meanwhile, Rick James...
33. Mexico
34. Motor
35. Mr. Mastodon Farm
36. Never Gonna Give You Up
37. Never There
38. No Phone
39. Nugget
40. Open Book
41. Opera Singer
42. Palm Of Your Hand
43. Pentagram
44. Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
45. Pretty Pink Ribbon
46. Race Car Ya Yas
47. Race Car Ya-Yas
48. Rock & Roll Lifestyle
49. Rock And Roll Lifestyle II
50. Ruby Sees All
51. Sad Songs
52. Satan Is My Motor
53. Shadow Stabbing
54. She’ll Come Back To Me
55. She’ll Hang The Baskets
56. Sheep Go To Heaven
57. Short Skirt / Long Jacket
58. Short Skirt/Long Jacket
59. Stickshifts And Safetybelts
60. Take It All Away
61. The Distance
62. The Guitar Man
63. Tougher Than It Is
64. Up So Close
65. Waiting
66. Walk On By
67. Wheels
68. When You Sleep
69. Where Would I Be?
70. World Of Two
71. You Part The Waters
72. You Turn The Screws