Ben's My Friend-Sun Kil Moon

[ti:Ben's My Friend] [ar:Sun Kil Moon] [al:Benji] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ben's My Friend - Sun Kil Moon [00:10.61]I woke this morning august 3rd [00:13.73]It's pretty slow and uneventful summer [00:16.38]Went to visit a friend in Santa Fe [00:18.67]Went to New Orleans and went to see my family [00:21.20]Woke up this morning and it occurred [00:23.93]I needed one more chapter to finish up here [00:25.85]I was feeling out of fuel and uninspired [00:27.62]Laid on my bed I got a little tired [00:31.07]Met my girl and we walked down Union Street [00:33.89]I was scared and my head was in a bunch of places [00:36.84]Bought a 350 dollar pair of lampshades [00:39.07]And we ate at Perry's and we ordered crab cakes [00:41.76] [00:45.06]Blue crab cakes [00:50.55]Blue crab cakes [00:55.98]Blue crab cakes [01:01.18]She said I seemed distracted [01:02.01]And asked what's going on with me [01:04.39]I said I can't explain it it's a middle age thing [01:07.77]She said ok and ate her eggs Benedict [01:10.04]And I looked at the walls cluttered with sports bar sh*t [01:16.36]Sports bar sh*t [01:21.16]Sports bar sh*t [01:26.63]Sports bar sh*t [01:33.76] [02:14.69]Got on the phone and I called my mother [02:16.49]And called my father talked a little bit with him [02:19.19]My sister she's got a new boyfriend [02:20.86]He's a deer hunter [02:22.13]And she's getting used to medicine [02:24.37]And my dad's still fighting with his girlfriend [02:26.95]About him flirting with them girls up in [02:29.80]My momma's good [02:30.85]But she sounded out of breath [02:32.24]I worry so much about her [02:33.57]I worry to death [02:38.43]I worry to death [02:42.89]I worry about her to death [02:48.28]I worry to death [02:55.82]The other night I went and saw the postal service [02:58.40]Ben's my friend but getting there was the worst [03:00.84]Tryna park and getting up the hill [03:03.05]And find a spot among drunk kids staring at themselves [03:06.00]Staring at the back I forgot I'm 8000 [03:08.76]Thought of Ben when I met him in 2000 [03:11.59]At a festival in Spain he was on a small stage then [03:15.68]And I didn't know his name [03:16.68]Now he's singing at the Greek and he's busting moves [03:18.71]And my legs were hurt and then my feet were too [03:21.72]Calling after settling [03:22.99]Said I'll skip the backstage high five [03:24.59]Thanks for the nice music and all the exercise [03:30.17]And we laughed and it was alright [03:34.89]And we laughed and it was alright [03:40.43]It was alright [03:46.15]Between a middle guy man [03:47.79]With a backstage pass [03:48.92]Hanging around like a jackass [03:52.83]Everybody was 20 years younger than me [03:55.17] [04:03.06]I drove to my place near Tahoe [04:04.86]Got in my hot tub and thought that's over [04:07.88]It was quiet and I was listening to the crickets [04:10.25]And Ben still out there [04:11.50]Selling lots of tickets [04:12.64] [04:19.07]Then in a couple of days my meltdown passed [04:20.79]Back to the studio doing 12 hours shifts [04:23.57]Singing a song about one thing or another [04:26.23]Every day behind this tender long summer [04:31.98]This tender long summer [04:36.83]This tender long summer [04:42.33]This tender long summer