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Because the Origami didn′t work

We gave you dancing lessons

Because the dancing lessons made you bored

We bought you a guitar

Because you said it made your fingers sore

We found you a pony

Because the pony broke your leg and ran away

We got you drums

But the drums annoyed our neighbours so

We gave you cooking lessons

And the cooking lessons made you fat

We bought you running shoes

If you hear this

Please

We love you Tommy

We know it never was

About Origami

Because you took the shoes and ran away

We gave them your description

Now we haven't heard a thing in weeks

Because we don′t know where you are

We're putting out this song

Because we think that you might hear

And know where you belong

So what did we do wrong?

If you hear this

Please

We love you Tommy

Please come home we've

Left your room

Exactly

And if you ever hear this song

Know we send our love

Take your origami skills

And make a paper dove

Send a message home

We promise not to teach you

We don′t care what you′ve done

We hope that this will reach you.

If you hear this,

Please

We love you Tommy

We won't ask you

Anything

We won′t be angry

Writer(s): Damian Joseph, Jr. Kulash, Amanda Mackinnon Palmer, Ben Folds, Neil Richard Gaiman

Album The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective

date of release

11-10-2011

1 Landed (Strings Version)
2 Because the Origami
3 Stumblin' Home Winter Blues
4 Steven's Last Night in Town (demo 1996)
5 Tell Me What I Did
6 Still Fighting It (Extended Version)
7 House
8 Rocky (4 Track Home Demo, 1993)
9 Break Up At Food Court (Demo, 2000)
10 Unrelated (Unfinished Song Demo, 1996)
11 Hiro's Song (Demo, 2000)
12 The Secret Life of Morgan Davis (alternate mix - 2001)
13 Such Great Heights (alternate mix from MySpace sessions - 2006)
14 Smoke (Perth, AU 2005)
15 From Above
16 Julianne (Stockholm, SE 1997)
17 Video (Stockholm, SE 1997)
18 Song for the Dumped (Las Vegas, NV 1998)
19 Missing the War (London, UK 1999)
20 Mess (London, UK 1999)
21 Selfless, Cold and Composed (New York, NY 2001)
22 Zak and Sara (New York, NY 2002)
23 Girl (New York, NY 2002)
24 Army (Chapel Hill, NC 2008)
25 Battle of Who Could Care Less (Chapel Hill, NC 2008)
26 Kylie From Connecticut (Detroit, MI 2008)
27 Picture Window (London, UK 2011)
28 Not the Same (Adelaide, AU 2011)
29 Alice Childress (KCRW sessions - 1996)
30 Barrytown ("Me, Myself, and Irene" soundtrack - 2000)
31 Rock Star (demo - 2000)
32 Sleazy ("Download to Donate - Tsunami Relief" - 2011)
33 Dr. Yang (live in Belgium 2008)

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