Ben Folds - The Ascent Of Stan

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

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
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

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
Ben Folds - The Ascent of Stan - Live at RCA Studio

Ben Folds performs "The Ascent of Stan" live at his historic RCA Studio. Listen to Nashville's independent radio online: http://lightning100.com Facebook: ...

Ben Folds The Ascent of Stan

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Ben Folds & Orchestra Experience "The Ascent of Stan" @ Muziekgebouw Eindhoven 3-7-2014

Ben Folds & Orchestra Experience "The Ascent of Stan" @ Muziekgebouw Eindhoven 3-7-2014.

Ascent of Stan by Ben Folds - Demonstration

A video with a good angle of me playing The Ascent of Stan in what I feel is the way similar to how Ben plays it. Starts with a partial performance that's full of ...

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