Stevens Last Night in Town
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Steven's Last Night In Town in a song by Ben Folds Five on the album Whatever and Ever Amen.
[edit] Lyrics
Everyone gather round now
sing us a song
just in case by tomorrow
it happens he's gone
For two weeks and seven days
our fair foreign friend
I have this feeling
we might never see Steven again
But We thought he was gone
Yet he's come back again
last week it was funny
now the jokes wearing thin
cuz everyone knows now
that every night now
will be Steven's last night in town
He's charmed everyone here
except Tamara Easter
who later revealed to him
her innermost secrets
won us over with stories
about Linda McCartney
lost points with the ladies
for saying he couldn't love a
woman with cellulite
But We thought he was gone
yet he's come back again
last week it was funny
now the jokes wearing thin
cuz everyone knows now
that every night now
will be Steven's last night in town
We were talking 'bout something
seems like was funny
then Steven got quiet
I think Steven was mad
maybe he wasn't mad
but we felt really strange in
the moment
but the moment was past
and forgotten about
But we thought he was gone
Yet he's come back again
last week it was funny
And now the jokes wearing thin
cuz everyone knows now
that every night now
will be Steven's last night in town
[edit] Meaning
Apparently this song makes reference to an english record producer called Steven Stuart Short who stayed with the band for some time. The story goes that he repeatedly told everyone that he was leaving, and yet continued to stay; even organising multiple leaving parties for himself.
