Ben Folds - The Ascent of Stan (Live In Perth, 2005)

Ben Folds and WASO performing "The Ascent Of Stan" Live In Perth, 2005
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Chorus:
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
#BenFolds #TheAscentOfStan #LiveMusic

[@emira9135]

One of my favorite songs of all time.

[@bekkaboo90]

Thank you for all of your wonderful music Ben.

[@lukemorgan158]

Brilliant and appreciated. One of the best voices to have ever backed your own! And so many of such skill, I love it!

[@jennifermeeker]

Beautiful.

[@sommerseeflimmern]

How genius is this??

[@jeffreywillstewart]

I love this song. I sync it up to the beginning of the main ballet in The Red Shoes film. It works very well!

[@afinetap]

love this song

[@cilcxx]

Me when grunkle stan fucking dies

[@christianaguiare544]

Lmao he doesn’t even need the orchestra, what a legend

[@Alex-fq9io]

very nice

[@Gcrow_well]

@benfoldsTV
Me and my piano teacher are trying to transpose this piece and are wondering if there is a cleaner/uncompressed version we could use. Can you send me the original audio or direct me to a great audio download?

[@jessewestbrook9816]

Can someone please tell me what this song is ab? Lol I love it regardless

[@definitiveentertainment1658]

Jesse Westbrook Sounds like a guy that used to be a hippie. After Vietnam(?) was over, he “grew up”, ascended to corporate management, and lost all his anti-establishment tendencies.
The system forced him into conformation.
Here are the lyrics:
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

[@adudeuknow]

@@definitiveentertainment1658 couldn't have said it better. i spent a lot of time analyzing damn near all of his songs before i had a computer to investigate with. i never investigated this one but i feel confident believing we are spot on.

[@walmartsuxhard]

this has 0 downvotes.... ofc

[@ChrisRalphHoward]

Same thing 11 months later. Shh. Don't wake the trolls.

[@Corn360]

The trolls have awoken...there’s 2 now....

[@glidurr]

10 now, those silly trolls

[@trashleigh87]

"Yeah it suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks"

[@lackadaisical2738]

noice