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

I feel like a quote out of context 

With holding the rest 

So I can be for you what you want to see 

I got the gestures and sounds 

Got the timing 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 you" speech 

You gave me was fine 

I liked the theories about 

My little stage 

And I swore I was listening 

But I started drifting 

Around the part about me 

Acting 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 thinking 

Myself in a hole 

Wondering 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 

Trying 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 hanging 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