You don't stop
Follow me into the great unknown
Where pink flamingos grow
Diet soda flows
And what you take magically regenerates
On supermarket shelves
The ovens clean themselves
You don't pay the tab 'til the last drop
So we all ride for nothing
'Cause this train never stops
Da da da da da da da da da da
We make a good team,
Me and you, we do
You could scratch my back
And I'll scratch my back too
When Everyone is welcome at the party, yeah
People more is more
Ah we all want more
You don't pay the tab 'til the last drop
So we all ride for nothing
'Cause this train never stops
Da da da da da da da da da da
You don't stop
You don't pay the tab 'til the last drop
So we all ride for nothing
'Cause this train never stops.


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Heist, song (as used in the film "Over the Hedge") Lyrics as written by Ben Folds

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    lol i dont mind the first bit. Its a pretty good song and it has a good message about the perfect life. Did you know that there are more fake flamingos in america than there are real ones, amazing huh! this is a groovy song, but its not my favourite ben song, far from it.

    laurajpon September 25, 2006   Link
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    I love this song! =) (Though not my favorite Ben Folds song... I still love it.) Hehe, it's from Over The Hedge! :P

    no paparazzion November 22, 2006   Link
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    I don't know if it has much of a message. Alot of it really does sound pretty much what those animals would have thought. Everything is free, autorestocks, cleans itself, pink flamingos grow everywhere, diet soda flows .... they don't realize exactly how much people have to do with all of that, it's all foreign, even to RJ a bit. The song pretty much narrarates the scene ...

    DeathJake34on February 08, 2007   Link
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    I thjink since it was played in Over the Hedge it's probably about surburbia(pink flamingos grow...)

    Caspia29on December 15, 2009   Link
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    It's a cute song, definately... but the first few seconds (you don't stop, you don't stop) make me almost sick. Hate it.

    beanxon July 02, 2006   Link
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    same for me.. I love the song but that first part is just ilke.. uggggggghhhhh

    PinkFloydrulezon August 05, 2006   Link

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