Best Imitation Of Myself Lyrics - Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five

I feel like a quote out of context 

With holdin' the rest 

So I can be for you what you want to see 

I got the gestures and sounds 

Got the timin' down 

It's uncanny, yeah 

You'd think it was me 

Do you think I should take a class 

To lose my Southern accent? 

Did I make me up 

Or make the face 'til it stuck? 

I do the best imitation of myself 

The problem with your speech 

You gave me was fine 

I liked the theories about my little stage 

And I swore I was listenin' 

But I started driftin' 

Around the part about me 

Actin' my age 

And now if it's all the same 

I've people to entertain 

I juggle one-handed 

Do some magic tricks and 

The best imitation of myself 

Maybe I'm thinkin' myself in a hole 

Wonderin' who I am? 

When I ought to know? 

Straighten up now time to go 

Fool somebody else 

Fool somebody else 

Last night, I was east with them 

And west within tryin' to be for you 

What you want to see 

But I can't help it 

With you the good and bad comes through 

Don't want you hangin' out 

With no one but me 

Now if it's all the same 

It comes from the same place 

And if my mind's somewhere else 

You won't be able to tell 

I do the best imitation of myself 

Yes, it's uncanny to see 

You'd really think it was me 

The best imitation of myself 

Do the best imitation of myself