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"The Luckiest" - Ben Folds Live with the National Symphony Orchestra
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ben Folds
Ben Folds
Lead Vocals
National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center
National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ben Folds
Ben Folds
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ben Folds
Ben Folds
Producer
David Boucher
David Boucher
Mixing Engineer
Joe Costa
Joe Costa
Producer
Justin Ellis
Justin Ellis
Producer

Lyrics

If there's a God, He's laughing at us
(And our football team)
Effington could be a wonderful effing place
I can see it from the highway
And I'm wondering
Are they effing in their yards? Effing in their cars?
Effing in their trailers in the back roads and the parking lots
Of Effington?
Making my way to Normal, Illinois
Maybe I should ditch this little white rental on the interstate
And start a new effing life
In Effington
I could change my name, grow a beard, start a family
Or I could just keep on movin' on, movin' on, movin' on
And not stop 'til I get to Normal
I want to live in Effington
I want to die there too
Please bury me in Effington
In Effington, in Effington
I've got this movie in my mind of Effington
And the soundtrack to it sounds like this
(Da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da)
I want to live in Effington
I want to die there too
Please bury me in Effington
In Effington, in Effington, oh
If there's a God, He's laughing at us
And our football team
And then the people who live in Normal
Can buy the movies that I'll make in Effington
That's what normal people do
Do normal people do it too, normal people do it too
Normal people do it, people do it, people do it
Hey, hey
Yee-haw
I want to live in Effington
I want to die there too
Please bury me in Effington
In Effington, in Effington
In Effington, in Effington
Written by: Ben Folds

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