Tom & Mary - Ben Folds Five

For the benefit of Tom and Mary before our guests arrive

If they haven’t found out already it’s gonna blow their minds

Will they find the strength to find the will to testify

That for the benefit of Tom and Mary

There’s something we can’t hide anymore?

Everybody here knows the story some with fabricated extra parts

See the sisters shout in whispers feeding hot air to the sparks

Put a damper on the party it will lighten up this room

But for the benefit of Tom and Mary, we’ve got to see the truth today

Ms. Suthernson says «Here they come»

And all the chatter and the smiles, they come undone

If you could could hear a pin drop on the carpet floor

Everyone’s pretending not to hear them knocking at the door

For the benefit of Tom and Mary before our guests arrive

If they haven’t found out already it’s gonna blow their minds

Haven’t found out already and yet the seams all seem to show

That for the benefit of Tom and Mary, for the benefit of Tom and Mary

For the benefit of Tom and Mary we gotta let the truth be known