Belinda Lyrics - Lonely Avenue - Ben Folds

Every night around this time 

He has to sing 'Belinda' 

"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 forty-somethings 

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 

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 

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 

She gave me complimentary champagne