I'm Not the Man - Ben Folds

(Talking) You know it's hard to explain my true feelings for you when I thought about it time after time and feel like this is the best way to express it so I dedicate this song... What do you do when the girl that you're with Isn't the one that you loved And what do you do When the other girl Is all you been thinking of? So I can I say I love you When the words I say isn't true I'm sorry it happened this way... I'm not the man for you I wear a mask everyday To hide the pain that I have inside I walk with my head down I hold in my pain Girl, I even swallow my pride So how can I look into your eyes When the feeling I have isn't true Sorry it happened this way... I'm not the man for you I can't go on anymore This lying have to come to an end ' Cause I'm in love with another girl I'm thankful for those times that we've spent So I won't say I love you Cause I know what I say isn't true Sorry it happened this way... I'm not the man for you I don't know what I did wrong So i give you this song

I'm supposed to shake his hand and walk all smiling Make believe that you don't mean a thing to me I'm supposed to offer my congratulations but I'm not the man that I supposed to be I'm supposed to make believe I won't miss you And forget the times you held me tenderly I'm supposed to tell the world it never happened But I'm not the man that I supposed to be I'd rather stand up and fight for what's mine And to give you up it's just too much for me So if I don't shake his hand and come out fighting That I'm not the man that I supposed to be [ Piano ] So if I don't shake his hand...

Three years ago when you first met me I was just a boy that found it hard to speak I couldn't find the words, I had to watch you leave Now you're coming home to me every night I talk you through your bad days, I ease your mind I don't want no other woman, but I'm not smart Oh no no no, cause lately We're even getting so close Oh baby, we could grow old old old I'm not your man I'm not your man I'm not your man Oh I'm not your man Every time I call, you say you have no plans Another night together, now a night that won't end There seems to be a brighter, can I beat my hands Oh baby, we're even getting so close, so close maybe Oh lately, yeah yeah yeah, we could grow old old old I'm not your man I'm not your man I'm not your man I'm not your man Nooo, don't let the dreams out Let them move, the streets out y'all I know the truth Sometimes gotta break (move) Your dreams are not alone Come home, come home ever again yeah I'm not your man I'm not your man I'm not your man Will I ever be your man Mmmmmmm Mmm-yeah-yeah Baby, baby I'm not your man

Teardrops falling from your eyes like raindrops Pouring from the skies Remember you used to have the love I needed Back when we were young Lovin' always came so easy Heaven shared our love Magic, the first time that I held you You fit like a glove You'd soothe me with a shrug of your heart You could move me It always seemed my love would find you When you needed a friend I would be the man who would understand you I'm not that man anymore I'm not gonna throw my heart away No, that's not me anymore Baby, I've changed One look is all it took to tell me Your love was made of lies Madness to think that I believed your reasons Your alibis The day girl when I turned to look the other way girl I realized the game you were playin' Was breakin' my heart I could see it plainly, time has changed me And I'm not that man anymore I'm not gonna throw my heart away No, that's not me anymore Baby, I've changed And I'm not gonna throw my heart away No, that's not me anymore Baby, I've changed

You don't stop Follow me into the great unknown Where pink flamingos crow Diet soda flows And what you take magically regenerates On supermarket shelves The ovens clean themselves You don't pay the tab 'til the last drop So we all ride for nothing 'Cause this train never stops We make a good team Me and you, we do You could scratch my back And I'll scratch my back too And everyone is welcome at the party, yeah People more is more Are we all on board? You don't pay the tab 'til the last drop So we all ride for nothing 'Cause this train never stops You don't stop And you don't pay the tab 'til the last drop So we all ride for nothing 'Cause this train never stops

Three AM on a friday night Driving down the highway We just saying nothing Wish I could read your mind But I barely know what I know This is probably my fault I wish that I could hold on to everything I wish that I could just have another minute Scares me to think that we'll grow up And I'll barely know ya She said that she scared to love When they're alone Cause nobody wanna be the reason Why she cut her hair alone Aye, Uh She cut it all off Baby you're beautiful You need someone to fall on Or call on You don't even need nobody You're scared of love But you don't really wanna see nobody You said that you might be gutted No heart But you walk around with a Two tone AP Bust down flooded Said she from the streets so she might be blooded Walk around with semi-automatics And I know she not a killer but she really with the static If you really came with him What you need me for? You said I miss you Type through the keyboard But you don't really wanna fall for him You had enough but then you really gave it all to him She don't even need nobody Or see nobody And I can't even be nobody You know I love it when I put my arms around you You fell in love with somebody who doesn't care for you You wanna be the reason why he wasn't there for you You put the blame on yourself and I don't get it And its a fine line I don't wanna see you crying from the sideline Baby we can ball together I'm all together You falling then we fall together She said that she scared to love When they're alone Cause nobody wanna be the reason Why she cut her hair alone Aye, Uh She cut it all off Baby you're beautiful You need someone to fall on Or call on You don't even need nobody You're scared of love but you don't really wanna see nobody You said that you might be gutted No heart But you walk around with a Smile on your face, but you hurting at the same time Okay I get it Deleted messages I know you sent it And if you say a block then we gon' spin it I know you lost your brother now you grieving And you really got the gangster love You wonder why they want your body now you making up Sudden lies at the same time Don't lie You were doing fine from the start now Booked a flight she ready to depart now She said that she scared to love When they're alone Cause nobody wanna be the reason Why she cut her hair alone Aye, Uh She cut it all off Baby you're beautiful You need someone to fall on Or call on You don't even need nobody You're scared of love but you don't really wanna see nobody You said that you might be gutted No heart But you walk around with a I wish that I could hold on to everything I wish that I could just have another minute Scares me to think that we'll grow up And I'll barely know ya

This for the times that I loved you This for the times that I said that I need you But never said want you Forever in debted Mistakes I regretted And you wouldn't let it Because you were feeling Butterflies We were sitting on that rooftop Then we took a few shots Its a party on the weekend If we let it sink in Ooh Butterflies on the rooftop, we been Drunk it's a party on the weekend No I Took a shot and I won't lie This the type of music really wanna make a thug cry Ooh Weekdays make me replay All the things we did And everything that we say But You know that I love you Even when its getting hard for me trust you Butterflies on the rooftop, we been Drunk it's a party on the weekend No I Took a shot and I won't lie This the type of music really wanna make a thug cry Ooh Weekdays make me replay All the things we did And everything that we say But You know that I love you Even when its getting hard for me trust you I'm giving you more Yeah More than you expected Cause I learned all my lessons But baby now I'm ready And you know I do You know you a blessing But it's a curse at the same time Only show me love when pulling on your waistline Know that you ain't in to me Something like my enemy Only coming around When you wanna take my energy Fell in love with me not mentally it was physically Drip you in Dior yeah you know that was shit to me Butterflies When you look me in my eyes But I still trust you Even though you lie Butterflies on the rooftop, we been Drunk it's a party on the weekend No I Took a shot and I won't lie This the type of music really wanna make a thug cry Ooh Weekdays make me replay All the things we did And everything that we say But You know that I love you Even when its getting hard for me trust you Butterflies on the rooftop Baby we been spending every minute On this bed Until the room feel like it's spinning Tossing and we turning And our feelings reoccurring I won't stop until you finish What we started Is it working? Tell me are we friends or are we lovers? If i got you then I know we got each other We headed out that party no direction And our love is like addiction So the roof is where we learning to recover

I thought I'd write, I thought I'd let you know That the year since you've been gone, I've finally let you go And I hope you find some time to drop a note But if you won't, then you won't And I will consider you gone I know that you went straight to someone else While I worked through all this shit here by myself And I think that you should spend some time alone But if you won't, then you won't And I will, then I will consider you gone Gone, gone, gone, gone Gone, gone, gone, gone I wake up in the night all alone and it's alright The chemicals are wearing off since you've gone (Gone) The days go on, the lights go off and on And nothing really matters when you're gone If you think that you feel nothing at all If you don't (If you don't) Then you don't (No, you won't) If you won't (If you won't, then you- no, you won't- then you) Then you won't (If you- if you won't) And I will Then I will Yeah, I will consider you gone Gone, gone, gone, gone