Lyrics and translation Ben Folds - Effington (Live Ax Hall, Seoul, South Korea, 6/9/11)
If
there′s
a
God,
he's
laughing
at
us
Si
Dieu
existe,
il
se
moque
de
nous
And
our
football
team
Et
de
notre
équipe
de
football
Effington
could
be
a
wonderful
effing
place
Effington
pourrait
être
un
putain
d'endroit
merveilleux
I
can
see
it
from
the
highway
Je
peux
le
voir
depuis
l'autoroute
And
I′m
wondering
Et
je
me
demande
Are
they
effing
in
their
yards,
effing
in
their
cars
Est-ce
qu'ils
baisent
dans
leurs
jardins,
baisent
dans
leurs
voitures
Effing
in
their
trailers
in
the
back
roads
Baise
dans
leurs
caravanes
sur
les
routes
de
campagne
And
the
parking
lots
Et
sur
les
parkings
Of
Effington
D'Effington
Making
my
way
to
Normal,
Illinois
En
allant
vers
Normal,
Illinois
Maybe
I
should
ditch
this
little
white
rental
Je
devrais
peut-être
abandonner
cette
petite
voiture
de
location
blanche
On
the
interstate
Sur
l'autoroute
And
start
a
new
effing
life
Et
commencer
une
nouvelle
putain
de
vie
In
Effington
À
Effington
I
could
change
my
name,
grow
a
beard,
start
a
family
Je
pourrais
changer
de
nom,
me
faire
pousser
la
barbe,
fonder
une
famille
Or
I
could
just
keep
on
movin'
on,
movin'
on,
movin′
on,
movin′
on
Ou
je
pourrais
continuer
à
avancer,
à
avancer,
à
avancer,
à
avancer
Not
stop
'til
I
get
to
Normal
Je
ne
m'arrêterai
pas
avant
d'arriver
à
Normal
I
want
to
live
in
Effington
Je
veux
vivre
à
Effington
I
want
to
die
there
too
J'y
veux
mourir
aussi
Please
bury
me
in
Effington
S'il
te
plaît,
enterre-moi
à
Effington
In
Effington,
in
Effington,
oh
À
Effington,
à
Effington,
oh
I′ve
got
this
movie
in
my
mind
of
Effington
J'ai
ce
film
d'Effington
en
tête
And
the
soundtrack
to
it
sounds
like
this:
Et
la
bande-son
ressemble
à
ça
:
(Dah
dah
dah,
dah
dah
dah,
dah
dah
daaaah)
(Dah
dah
dah,
dah
dah
dah,
dah
dah
daaaah)
I
want
to
live
in
Effington
Je
veux
vivre
à
Effington
I
want
to
die
there
too
J'y
veux
mourir
aussi
Please
bury
me
in
Effington
S'il
te
plaît,
enterre-moi
à
Effington
In
Effington,
in
Effington,
oh
À
Effington,
à
Effington,
oh
If
there's
a
God,
he′s
laughing
at
us
Si
Dieu
existe,
il
se
moque
de
nous
And
our
football
team
Et
de
notre
équipe
de
football
And
then
the
people
who
live
in
Normal
Et
puis
les
gens
qui
vivent
à
Normal
Can
buy
the
movies
that
I'll
make
in
Effington
Pourront
acheter
les
films
que
je
ferai
à
Effington
That′s
what
normal
people
do
C'est
ce
que
font
les
gens
normaux
Do
normal
people
do
it
too,
normal
people
do
it
too,
Est-ce
que
les
gens
normaux
font
pareil
vous
aussi,
est-ce
que
les
gens
normaux
font
pareil,
Normal
people
do
it,
people
do
it,
people
do
it
...
Les
gens
normaux
le
font,
les
gens
le
font,
les
gens
le
font
...
Hey,
hey
Hey,
hey
Yee
haw!
Yee
haw
!
I
want
to
live
in
Effington
Je
veux
vivre
à
Effington
I
want
to
die
there
too
J'y
veux
mourir
aussi
Please
bury
me
in
Effington
S'il
te
plaît,
enterre-moi
à
Effington
In
Effington,
in
Effington
À
Effington,
à
Effington
In
Effington,
in
Effington
...
À
Effington,
à
Effington
...
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6 Army - Live UNC Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 9/18/08
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10 Evaporated (Unreleased 1st Album, 1994)
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12 Amelia Bright (Mitch Easter Sessions, 2000)
13 Don't Change Your Plans
14 Unrelated (Unfinished Song Demo, 1996)
15 Best Imitation of Myself (Demo, 1992)
16 Hiro's Song (Demo, 2000)
17 Time (Alternate Version, 2004)
18 Losing Lisa (Demo, 2000)
19 Boxing (Demo, 1992)
20 The Secret Life of Morgan Davis (alternate mix - 2001)
21 Wandering (Demo, 2000)
22 Such Great Heights (alternate mix from MySpace sessions - 2006)
23 Sleazy - Originally released on "Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief", 2011
24 Stevens Last Night In Town (Demo, 1994)
25 Barrytown - Originally released on "Me, Myself And Irene" Soundtrack, 2000
26 Bitches Ain't Shit (E.P. Version)
27 Landed (Strings Version)
28 House
29 Brick (Radio Mix)
30 Effington (Live Ax Hall, Seoul, South Korea, 6/9/11)
31 Picture Window (Live HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK, 2/20/11)
32 Sentimental Guy (Live Diamond Hall, Nagoya, Japan, 6/7/11)
33 Not the Same (Live A.E.C. Theatre, Adelaide, Australia, 5/22/11)
34 Kylie from Connecticut (Live from Detroit, MI 10/9/08)
35 Narcolepsy (Live Brussels, Belgium, 1999)
36 Dr. Yang (Live Leuven, Belgium, 2008)
37 Battle of Who Could Care Less (Live UNC Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 9/18/08)
38 Long Tall Texan (Live Warehouse Houston, TX, 10/24/08)
39 Annie Waits
40 Philosophy
41 Underground
42 One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces
43 Kate
44 Gracie
45 There's Always Someone Cooler Than You
46 Still (Soundtrack)
47 Julianne (Live Stockholm, Sweden, 3/12/1997)
48 Video (Live Stockholm, Sweden, 3/12/1997)
49 Song for the Dumped (Live Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, 5/8/98)
50 Missing the War (Live Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 12/14/99)
51 Magic (Live Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 12/14/99)
52 Selfless, Cold and Composed (Live Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, 12/9/01)
53 Zak and Sara (Live Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, 6/13/02)
54 Just Pretend (Live Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, 3/24/03)
55 Fred Jones, Pt. 2 (with The West Australian Symphony Orchestra) [Live Kings Park in Perth, Australia, 3/12/03]
56 Careless Whisper (with Rufus Wainwright) [Live Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA]
57 All You Can Eat (Live Myspace Broadcast, 2/27/07)
58 From Above
59 Underground (Demo, 1992)
60 Tell Me What I did (Previously Unreleased New Recording, 2011)
61 Stumblin' Home Winter Blues (Previously Unreleased New Recording, 2011)
62 Rocky (4 Track Home Demo, 1993)
63 Break Up At Food Court (Demo, 2000)
64 Smoke (with The West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
2 Rock Star - Demo, 2000
3 Song for the Dumped (Demo 1994)
4 Girl (Live Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, 6/13/02)
5 Rockin' the Suburbs
6 Army - Live UNC Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 9/18/08
7 Mess - Live Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 12/14/99
8 Alice Childress (Rare On Air 3: KCRW Performances, 1997)
9 Because the Origami (Originally Released on "Nighty Night", 2011)
10 Evaporated (Unreleased 1st Album, 1994)
11 Julianne (Unreleased 1st Album, 1994)
12 Amelia Bright (Mitch Easter Sessions, 2000)
13 Don't Change Your Plans
14 Unrelated (Unfinished Song Demo, 1996)
15 Best Imitation of Myself (Demo, 1992)
16 Hiro's Song (Demo, 2000)
17 Time (Alternate Version, 2004)
18 Losing Lisa (Demo, 2000)
19 Boxing (Demo, 1992)
20 The Secret Life of Morgan Davis (alternate mix - 2001)
21 Wandering (Demo, 2000)
22 Such Great Heights (alternate mix from MySpace sessions - 2006)
23 Sleazy - Originally released on "Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief", 2011
24 Stevens Last Night In Town (Demo, 1994)
25 Barrytown - Originally released on "Me, Myself And Irene" Soundtrack, 2000
26 Bitches Ain't Shit (E.P. Version)
27 Landed (Strings Version)
28 House
29 Brick (Radio Mix)
30 Effington (Live Ax Hall, Seoul, South Korea, 6/9/11)
31 Picture Window (Live HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK, 2/20/11)
32 Sentimental Guy (Live Diamond Hall, Nagoya, Japan, 6/7/11)
33 Not the Same (Live A.E.C. Theatre, Adelaide, Australia, 5/22/11)
34 Kylie from Connecticut (Live from Detroit, MI 10/9/08)
35 Narcolepsy (Live Brussels, Belgium, 1999)
36 Dr. Yang (Live Leuven, Belgium, 2008)
37 Battle of Who Could Care Less (Live UNC Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 9/18/08)
38 Long Tall Texan (Live Warehouse Houston, TX, 10/24/08)
39 Annie Waits
40 Philosophy
41 Underground
42 One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces
43 Kate
44 Gracie
45 There's Always Someone Cooler Than You
46 Still (Soundtrack)
47 Julianne (Live Stockholm, Sweden, 3/12/1997)
48 Video (Live Stockholm, Sweden, 3/12/1997)
49 Song for the Dumped (Live Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, 5/8/98)
50 Missing the War (Live Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 12/14/99)
51 Magic (Live Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 12/14/99)
52 Selfless, Cold and Composed (Live Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, 12/9/01)
53 Zak and Sara (Live Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, 6/13/02)
54 Just Pretend (Live Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, 3/24/03)
55 Fred Jones, Pt. 2 (with The West Australian Symphony Orchestra) [Live Kings Park in Perth, Australia, 3/12/03]
56 Careless Whisper (with Rufus Wainwright) [Live Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA]
57 All You Can Eat (Live Myspace Broadcast, 2/27/07)
58 From Above
59 Underground (Demo, 1992)
60 Tell Me What I did (Previously Unreleased New Recording, 2011)
61 Stumblin' Home Winter Blues (Previously Unreleased New Recording, 2011)
62 Rocky (4 Track Home Demo, 1993)
63 Break Up At Food Court (Demo, 2000)
64 Smoke (with The West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
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