Bobbie Gentry Benjamin Lyrics

Benjamin Lyrics

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







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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







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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







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Had a good friend like Benjamin