The Ascent Of Stan Lyrics - Ben Folds

Pangs of silence 

From the room upstairs 

How's the view there? 

Do you read what they're saying about you? 

That you're no fun 

Since the war was won 

In fact, you have become all of the things you've always run away from 

The ascent of Stan 

Textbook hippie man 

Get rest while you can 

So where'd the years go? 

All the time we had? 

Being poor was not such a drag in hindsight 

And you wonder why your father was so resigned 

Now you don't wonder any more 

The ascent of Stan 

Textbook hippie man 

Textbook hippie man 

Get rest while you can 

Stan: Once you wanted revolution 

Stan: Now you're the institution 

Stan: How's it feel to be the man? 

It's no fun to be the man 

And now, watch it all go down 

The ascent of Stan 

Textbook hippie man 

(Stan) 

Textbook hippie man 

Get rest while you can 

Once you wanted revolution 

Now you're the institution 

How's it feel to be the man? 

It's no fun to be the man