Ben's My Friend

Song Ben's My Friend
Artist Sun Kil Moon
Album Benji

Lyrics

[00:10.71] I woke up this morning, August 3rd
[00:13.71] It's been a pretty slow and uneventful summer
[00:16.21] Went to visit a friend in Santa Fe
[00:18.67] Went to New Orleans and went to see my family
[00:21.31] Woke up this morning and it occurred
[00:24.23] I needed one more track to finish up my record
[00:26.44] I was feeling out of fuel and uninspired
[00:28.95] Laid on my bed, too hung, a little down, a little tired
[00:31.54] Met my girl and we walked down Union Street
[00:34.01] I was scared and my head was in a bunch of places
[00:36.65] Bought a 350 dollar pair of lampshades
[00:39.41] And we ate at Perry's and I ordered crab cakes
[00:45.88] Blue crab cakes
[00:50.40] Blue crab cakes
[00:55.75] Blue crab cakes
[01:01.59] She said I seemed distracted and asked what was going on with me
[01:04.82] I said I can't explain it and it's a middle age thing
[01:08.04] She said okay and ate her eggs Benedict
[01:10.77] And I looked at the walls cluttered with sports bar shit
[01:16.49] Sports bar shit
[01:21.74] Sports bar shit
[01:26.99] Sports bar shit
[02:15.81] Got on the phone and I called my mother
[02:17.47] And called my father, talked a little bit with my sister
[02:21.19] She's got a new boyfriend, he's a deer hunter
[02:23.38] And she's getting used to venison
[02:26.06] And my dad's still fighting with his girlfriend
[02:28.22] About his flirting with the girls in Panera Bread
[02:30.90] My mom is good but sounded out of breath
[02:33.14] I worry so much about her, I worry to death
[02:40.24] I worry to death
[02:44.66] I worry about her to death
[02:50.25] I worry to death
[02:57.38] The other night I went and saw The Postal Service
[03:00.02] Ben's my friend but getting there was the worst
[03:02.67] Trying to park and getting up the hill
[03:05.26] And find a spot amongst the drunk kids staring at their cells
[03:07.44] Standing at the back with the crowd of eight thousand
[03:10.52] I thought of Ben when I met him in 2000
[03:13.27] At a festival in Spain
[03:15.48] He was on the small stage then and I didn't know his name
[03:17.99] Now he's singing at the Greek and he's busting moves
[03:20.29] And my legs were hurting and my feet were too
[03:23.20] I called him after, said I'll skip the backstage high five
[03:25.90] But thanks for the nice music and all the exercise
[03:31.79] And we laughed and it was alright
[03:36.44] And we laughed and it was alright
[03:41.82] And it was alright
[03:47.92] There's a fine line between a middle-aged guy with a backstage pass
[03:50.72] And a guy with a gut hanging around like a jackass
[03:54.17] Everybody there was twenty years younger than me
[03:57.01] At least that this is not my fondest memory
[03:59.64] I carried my legs back down and then I gave
[04:01.99] My backstage passes to two cute asian girls
[04:04.57] I drove to my place near Tahoe
[04:06.07] Got in my hot tub and thought well that's how it goes
[04:09.33] And it was quiet and I was listening to the crickets
[04:11.75] And Ben's still out there, selling lots of tickets
[04:14.72] And though while we pretend that there's a temperature competitiveness
[04:17.26] But Ben's my friend and I know he gets it
[04:19.92] Then in a couple of days my meltdown passed
[04:22.64] Back to the studio doing twelve hours shifts
[04:25.17] Singing a song about one thing or another
[04:27.80] Another day behind the microphone this summer
[04:35.06] This tenderloin summer
[04:39.76] This tenderloin summer
[04:44.67] This tenderloin summer
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