The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
(Damn)
I order something, it took a while
This morning something was on my doorstep
What's this I'm holding?
Time capsule owner, cause I'm a brand new man
And I don't think I want it
I don't think I want it,
A roll of flies
Hang in behind me
What guarded up nights and questions, and photo-flashes burning,
And I'm so high, I can't recall my statements,
I only know I made them, because my face vibrated
Is it all in my mind?
I could've sworn I saw it
I thought I was high, just like this one I'm coming
Oh-oh if you're feeling small, and you can't draw a crowd
Draw dicks on a wall
Oh-oh if you're feeling small, and you can't draw a crowd
Draw dicks on a wall
I was startled when it was just feet on gravel
Two have come apart, I must have once been raveled
Now in pretty phrases, it don't mean nothing
And I wanna sell 'em, I see my wine again
So smooth you can hear the beard,
So smooth you can hear the beard,
(Hear the beard)
Three times it's poetry,
So smooth you can hear the beard
Oh-oh if you're feeling small, and you can't draw a crowd
Draw dicks on a wall
Oh-oh if you're feeling small, and you can't draw a crowd
Draw dicks on a wall
If you can't draw a crowd
Draw dicks on a wall
And if you can't draw a crowd, settle for what you can draw
I'm just saying
I'm just saying
What a saying: that I'm just saying
But many wait, to what I'm saying
Always come back again, I can't ignore it
I'm a brand new man, but I'm still ṗrayin' for it
Oh-oh if you're feeling small, and you can't draw a crowd
Draw dicks on a wall
Oh-oh if you're feeling small, and you can't draw a crowd
Draw dicks on a wall
If you can't draw a crowd, draw dicks on a wall
If you can't draw a crowd, draw dicks on a wall
And if you can't draw a crowd, settle for what you can draw
I only wanted to be Stevie Wonder
But I got to settle for this vanilla thunder
(If you can't draw a crowd)
This vanilla thunder
(If you can't draw a crowd)
This vanilla thunder
(If you can't draw a crowd)
This vanilla thunder
If you feeling small
I order something, it took a while
This morning something was on my doorstep
What's this I'm holding?
Time capsule owner, cause I'm a brand new man
And I don't think I want it
I don't think I want it,
A roll of flies
Hang in behind me
What guarded up nights and questions, and photo-flashes burning,
And I'm so high, I can't recall my statements,
I only know I made them, because my face vibrated
Is it all in my mind?
I could've sworn I saw it
I thought I was high, just like this one I'm coming
Oh-oh if you're feeling small, and you can't draw a crowd
Draw dicks on a wall
Oh-oh if you're feeling small, and you can't draw a crowd
Draw dicks on a wall
I was startled when it was just feet on gravel
Two have come apart, I must have once been raveled
Now in pretty phrases, it don't mean nothing
And I wanna sell 'em, I see my wine again
So smooth you can hear the beard,
So smooth you can hear the beard,
(Hear the beard)
Three times it's poetry,
So smooth you can hear the beard
Oh-oh if you're feeling small, and you can't draw a crowd
Draw dicks on a wall
Oh-oh if you're feeling small, and you can't draw a crowd
Draw dicks on a wall
If you can't draw a crowd
Draw dicks on a wall
And if you can't draw a crowd, settle for what you can draw
I'm just saying
I'm just saying
What a saying: that I'm just saying
But many wait, to what I'm saying
Always come back again, I can't ignore it
I'm a brand new man, but I'm still ṗrayin' for it
Oh-oh if you're feeling small, and you can't draw a crowd
Draw dicks on a wall
Oh-oh if you're feeling small, and you can't draw a crowd
Draw dicks on a wall
If you can't draw a crowd, draw dicks on a wall
If you can't draw a crowd, draw dicks on a wall
And if you can't draw a crowd, settle for what you can draw
I only wanted to be Stevie Wonder
But I got to settle for this vanilla thunder
(If you can't draw a crowd)
This vanilla thunder
(If you can't draw a crowd)
This vanilla thunder
(If you can't draw a crowd)
This vanilla thunder
If you feeling small
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These are so wrong it's amazing. I submitted an edit, hopefully it goes through soon.
Yeah, this same set of mostly garbled lyrics also appears on azlyrics. What a mess. BF5's latest album has no lyrics included, so the lyrics seem to be whatever anyone thinks they are. But the real lyrics (closest realistic effort is on thesuburbs.org.uk, a Ben Folds fan site from England which has the most accurate BF and BF5 lyrics anywhere) are about the following: in general if you aren't successful, you end up doing anything to get attention, and in particular Ben's making fun of his own efforts to get attention and of his own claim to fame. After all, although many people love Ben and his songs (present company included), many other people couldn't care less about him (he's not danceable enough, he's too white -- vanilla thunder!! -- too literary/intellectual, etc.).