Ben Folds – Kalamazoo

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Ran out of time, running my mouth
Ran up a tab and all the way back to Kalamazoo
All the way back home
I was surely stoned, now I'm sober in my yard
Can you believe I was there
Can you believe I've been anywhere else

There was a time, almost forgot, we had been drifting all the way to Kalamazoo
And I said that I loved you too
All the way back home
There's a little joke, I just made up
How many of me would it take to screw up your life
One to settle down, one to turn you around
Now I'm sober in my yard
I would say you had to be there, now I regret that you're still there

Seems like you've been frozen, frozen there in time
Waving your goodbyes
Up to the sky

You place on the, has faded away
Used to be lost in more than one way
Kalamazoo, don't you know that I've been there too
And it'd put your mind more at ease
If you'd say those words of release
All the way back home doobie pants

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    General Comment:I'm seeing Mr. Folds tonight (October 28, 2005) in Kalamazoo. Funny.
    Flag foundherselfon October 28, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:Kalamazoo = the city where I live, and a stop on Ben's 2005 fall tour.

    I'm excited.
    Flag Passengeron September 13, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:This is an old song (by Ben Folds standards)...it's on his early demos and the Beginnings compilation...so early 90s.

    I've heard rumors that he was dating a woman from Kalamazoo at one time, but hard to say for sure.

    Oh, and I'm from just outside Kalamazoo. If you think that town is sleepy, try the area around it. It's a hub of culture, relatively speaking...
    Flag theoddballon April 23, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:wouldnt expect illegal activities? in a college town" i hope you're being sarcastic haha.
    Flag coheedandcambriaon January 31, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:sigh i vacation in kalamazoo and they aren't kidding, haha. Like emmdithy said, it seems like a sleepy little town but you'd never expect all the illegal activites ;)
    Flag Nataliexoon December 30, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:lyrical mistakes
    Flag mmonier123on December 27, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:As a resident of Kalamazoo, here is my take:
    many people here are indeed frozen (30 degrees today in October!), and the downtown area is actuallly quite quaint.
    however, venture to the north side, and you realize he's not embellishing his marijuana references.
    Flag emmdithyon October 25, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:A city of southwest Michigan south of Grand Rapids. First settled in 1829, it is a manufacturing center. Population: 80,277.
    Flag HubCap1438on October 11, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:Kalamazoo: Town in Michigan
    Flag HubCap1438on October 11, 2004   Link

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