In a nutshell, it's about Ben Folds Five's drummer, Darren Jessee, getting dumped by his girlfriend during the recording of Whatever and Ever Amen (1997). Just as the song says, she broke up with Jessee on her front porch, just after he'd treated them to dinner.
(Classy.)
And while you might figure that a slacker-nerd trio with a piano as its most prominent instrument wouldn't be able to rock out, Folds, Jessee, and bassist Robert Sledge prove otherwise. They pummel their way through the track like a pissed off Jerry Lee Lewis fronting the Sex Pistols.
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