Bastard Lyrics - Songs For Silverman - Ben Folds

The old bastard left his ties and his suit 

A brown box, mothballs and bowling shoes 

And his opinion so you'd never have to choose 

Pretty soon, you'll be an old bastard too 

You get smaller as the world gets big 

The more you know you know you don't know shit 

"The whiz man" will never fit you like "the whiz kid" did 

So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? 

It's okay if you don't know everything 

So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? 

It's okay if you don't know everything 

Close your eyes close your ears young man 

You've seen and heard all an old man can 

Spread the facts on the floor like a fan 

Throw away the ones that make you feel bad 

Kids today gettin' old too fast 

They can't wait to grow up so they can kiss some ass 

They get nostalgic about the last ten years 

Before the last ten years have passed 

So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? 

It's okay if you don't know everything 

So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? 

It's okay if you don't know everything 

Tears land on a hand on the chest 

The old bastard had a paradigm arrest 

He got smaller as the world got big 

The more he knew he knew he didn't know shit 

"The whiz man" never fit him like "the whiz kid" did 

So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? 

It's okay if you don't know everything 

So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? 

It's okay if you don't know everything