benjamin

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benjamin rode out of montana, on a palomino pony, he told me he was all alone, he lost his family in forty-nine, benjamin took me to san diego, guess we caused quite a commotion, selling pacific ocean water, and callin' it seaweed wine, oh, i never had as good a friend as benjamin, he loved to travel, he'd been ever' place i'd been and back again, that boy could unravel, stories that would make your eyes, big as blackberry pies, i'm tellin' you, life could be fun for anyone, who had a good friend like benjamin, had a good friend like benjamin, well, me and ben thumbed a ride to alabama, spent the summer pickin' cotton, now it was so doggone hot, we bought us a three-speed electric fan, then at night we'd drink a coca-cola, listen to the rain a'fallin', hearin' the bob white callin', as though he'd know we'd understand, well, ben and me spent some time in oklahoma, livin' on a reservation, workin' at the service station, pumpin' gas and passin' time, we caught a train down to harlan county, thinkin' we were awful lucky, just to walk along a kentucky backroad, without no reason nor rhyme, had a good friend like benjamin