“Belinda, I love you, don’t leave me, I need you”
He tried to stop a while back but what is he without her?
A one hit wonder with no hits is what he is
And anyway he always hears how much it means to people. There’s a lot of fortysomethings who wouldn’t be in the world without it. So now he does it with this lyric in his head:
"Belinda, I loved you, I’m sorry that I left you. I met somebody younger on a plane. She had big breasts, a nice smile, no kids either. She gave me complimentary champagne"
No-one ever wants to hear the song he wrote for Cindy
“Cindy, I love you, I need you, don’t leave me”
And he can’t blame them, they can tell his heart was never in it
And Cindy never liked it but she never much liked him
So every night about this time he feels the old self loathing while the old folks in the audience sing along. And he smiles and waves the mic at them - so they can do the chorus. But he’s not there, he’s somewhere else
He’s with Belinda in the days before he made it all go wrong
Belinda, I love you. She gave me complimentary champagne
Ben Folds/Nick Hornby
