Ben's My Friend - Sun Kil Moon

　　I woke this morning, august, 3rd

　　It's pretty slow and uneventful summer

　　Went to visit a friend in Santa Fe

　　Went to New Orleans and went to see my family

　　Woke up this morning and it occurred

　　I needed one more chapter to finish up here

　　I was feeling out of fuel and uninspired

　　Laid on my bed, I got a little tired

　　Met my girl and we walked down Union Street

　　I was scared and my head was in a bunch of places

　　Bought a 350 dollar pair of lampshades

　　And we ate at Perry's and we ordered crab cakes

　　Blue crab cakes,

　　blue crab cakes

　　Blue crab cakes

　　She said I seemed distracted

　　and asked what's going on with me

　　I said I can't explain it, it's a middle age thing

　　She said ok and ate her eggs Benedict

　　And I looked at the walls cluttered with sports bar shit

　　Sports bar shit,

　　Sports bar shit

　　Sports bar shit

　　Got on the phone and I called my mother

　　And called my father, talked a little bit with him

　　My sister, she's got a new boyfriend,

　　he's a deer hunter

　　And she's getting used to medicine

　　And my dad's still fighting with his girlfriend

　　About him flirting with them girls up in

　　My momma's good

　　but she sounded out of breath

　　I worry so much about her,

　　I worry to death

　　I worry to death,

　　I worry about her to death

　　I worry to death

　　The other night I went and saw the postal service

　　Ben's my friend but getting there was the worst

　　Tryna park and getting up the hill

　　And find a spot among drunk kids staring at themselves

　　Staring at the back I forgot I'm 8000

　　Thought of Ben when I met him, in 2000

　　At a festival in Spain, he was on

　　And I didn't know his name

　　Now he's singing at the Greek and he's busting moves

　　And my legs were hurt and then my feet were, too

　　Calling after settling,

　　said I'll skip the backstage high five

　　Thanks for the nice music and all the exercise

　　And we laughed and it was alright,

　　and we laughed and it was alright

　　It was alright

　　Between a middle guy man

　　with a backstage pass

　　Hanging around like a jackass

　　Everybody was 20 years younger than me

　　I drove to my place near Tahoe

　　Got in my hot tub and thought that's over

　　It was quiet and I was listening to the crickets

　　And Ben still out there,

　　selling lots of tickets

　　then in a couple of days my meltdown passed

　　Back to the studio doing 12 hours shifts

　　Singing a song about one thing or another

　　Every day behind this tender, long summer

　　This tender, long summer

　　this tender, long summer

　　This tender, long summer