Ben Folds – One Down

Ben Folds – One Down

One Down / Ben Folds

The story goes that Ben Folds was stuck in a publishing deal a few years back that he desperately wanted out of.  His solution was just to write – it was about quantity, not quality. He owed them 4.6 songs so he wrote a boy band song, a broadway showtune, a japanese pop song and this one.  Listen closely, he spells it all out for ya in the lyrics.

People tell me
“Ben, just make up junk
And turn it in”
But I never was alright with turning in
A bunch of shit
I don’t like wasting time
On music that won’t make you proud
But now I’ve found a reason
To sit right down and shit some out