Hold That Thought Lyrics - The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind - Ben Folds Five

She broke down and cried at the strip mall acupuncturist 

While the world went on outside 

The Chinese doctor took her arm, 

Gazed at the floor, and read her wrist 

for the secrets in her life. 

'Here's your medicine', she said, 

'If you not smile at him, then someone else will.' 

You hold that thought, and I'll hold that thought too. 

Ah - ooooooooh, oooh, oooh, ooh, ooh. 

Ah - ooooooooh, oooh, oooh, ooh, ooh. 

I was shown the 36 ways I'm not available 

On a simple easy chart 

Later on that evening on the beach in Santa Monica 

It was a very risky start 

Suppose this stupid chart is right 

In a year will you still feel the same way? 

Oh well, you hold that thought, and I'll hold that thought too! 

Ooh, ooooooooh, oooh, oooh, ooh, ooh. 

Nah - ooooooooh, oooh, oooh, ooh, ooh. 

Ah, Ah. 

Did you ever see the film where a man who's given spectacles 

That make the world look upside down? 

He falls about the place, but in time he somehow readjusts 

And when they take the glasses off 

The eyes he's always had see sky below him 

And he falls again 

But you hold that thought, and I'll hold that thought 

You hold that thought, and I'll hold that thought 

You hold that thought, and I'll hold that thought! 

Ah - ooooooooh, oooh, oooh, ooh, ooh.