Ben Folds Five – Fair

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He shouted out his last word
And he stumbled through the yard
And she shattered her last china plate
And spun off in the car
When he lunged onto the hood
She stopped to tell him she'd been wrong
He was thrown head over heels
Into the traffic coming on

But then
All is fair in love
Did you get my other letters
Sometimes I think I oughta call
Cause you know I often
Wonder if you open them at all
Every couple nights or so
You know you pop into my dreams
I just can't get rid of you
Like you got rid of me

Oh but I send my best
Cause God knows you've seen my worst
But then all is fair in love
All this breathing in never breathing out
I guess she made her way
Through the mob too late to hear him say
That he'd gotten all he'd wanted
A crowd to watch him bear the pain
He'd been keeping in
So what
All is fair in love

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Track duration: 05:56

"Fair" as written by Ben Folds

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    General Comment:Just listening to this album again and I forget how much I love it. This song almost hurts to hear, because we've all been there - when we love someone more than they love us and they dump us. And then we do stupid dramatic things like throw ourselves onto moving cars. And yes, we hurt and want a crowd to acknowledge our pain. Ugh, its painful to listen to this again!
    Flag UncleWalter1978on July 25, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song is amazing the first stanza always paints a picture for me his music goes so well with his lyrics although it doesnt seem like it would be from a newspaper that doesnt really make sense for descriptive language like that to be used.. it seems like its him talking about past experiences or just about all the fighting a couple does and in the end they realize they love eachother but through it all love is a never ending battle.
    Flag unwrittenx90on January 13, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I used to love this song so much but now all I can seem to here is "Obama, OBAMA, Obama, OBAMA-BAMA"!!!
    Flag Atropos19on July 13, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:AM I RIGHT?
    yeah, you right ben. you fucking right on.
    Flag anthropoidathenaon July 10, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I have just heard this song for the first time and I must say it is a good track though at the start and towards the end BF5 pay a bit of homage to 10CC's I'm Not In Love..
    Flag TheDirgeon July 02, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:wow i've known this song forever but i just discovered for the first time the awesomness that is the "all this breathing in" starting at 2:50... that's some good stuff!
    Flag hab204on July 27, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:to me, this song is about the extremes that we go to when we are in love. theres no explaination for them but there just there. its about the stupit things we do in love, but they are beautiful things aswell. "all is fair, all is fair in love"
    Flag JessBesson March 15, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:ever notice that it sounds like chickens are singing right after the chorus... lol... its an awesome song! the best part is

    Every couple nights or so
    You know you pop into my dreams
    I just can't get rid of you
    Like you got rid of me
    Ohh but I send my best
    Cause God knows you've seen my worst

    i can really relate to it.
    Flag xxpianorockerxxon June 23, 2003   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i think this is an awesome song, and i think most ppl can relate to it at one point or another.
    Flag spo0nyfullon June 07, 2003   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:The first eight lines, ben read in a newspaper as I recall. standing alone, theyre a great eight lines; they just fit. i think he included them to give perspective to what hes feeling.
    Ben said he recycled some words he was thinking of putting to philosophy which is why they sound similar.
    Flag benfoldsfanon May 12, 2003   Link

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