Ben Folds' Levi Johnston Song

— By Nick Baumann

| Wed Sep. 16, 2009 9:27 AM PDT

The lyrics are by Nick Hornby, apparently.

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I wrote a song about Nick

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed Sep. 16, 2009 10:13 AM PDT.

I wrote a song about Nick Baumann and my late night encounter with Stephanie Mencimer. Would you like to hear it?

absolutely!

Submitted by Stephanie Mencimer on Wed Sep. 16, 2009 12:40 PM PDT.
absolutely!

Hah! Okay you got me. My

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed Sep. 16, 2009 9:39 PM PDT.

Hah! Okay you got me.

My point before you demolished it though, was who cares about Levi Johnston? In what world is he newsworthy or credible or anything?

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