Ben's My Friend Lyrics - Benji - Sun Kil Moon

I woke up this morning, August 3rd 

It's been a 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 track to finish up my record 

I was feeling out of fuel and uninspired 

Laid on my bed, too hung, a little down, 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 pair of lampshades 

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

Blue crab cakes 

Blue crab cakes 

Blue crab cakes 

She said I seemed distracted and asked what was going on with me 

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

She said okay 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 my sister 

She's got a new boyfriend, he's a deer hunter 

And she's getting used to venison 

And my dad's still fighting with his girlfriend 

About his flirting with the girls in Panera Bread 

My mom is good but 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 

Trying to park and getting up the hill 

And find a spot amongst the drunk kids staring at their cells 

Standing at the back with the crowd of eight thousand 

I thought of Ben when I met him in 2000 

At a festival in Spain 

He was on the small stage then and I didn't know his name 

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

And my legs were hurting and my feet were too 

I called him after, said I'll skip the backstage hi-bye 

But thanks for the nice music and all the exercise 

And we laughed and it was alright 

And we laughed and it was alright 

And it was alright 

There's a fine line between a middle-aged guy with a backstage pass 

And a guy with a gut hanging around like a jackass 

Everybody there was twenty years younger than me 

At least that this is not my fondest memory 

I carried my legs back down and then I gave 

My backstage passes to two cute asian girls 

I drove to my place near Tahoe 

Got in my hot tub and thought well that's how it goes 

And it was quiet and I was listening to the crickets 

And Ben's still out there, selling lots of tickets 

And though while we pretend that there's a temperature competitiveness 

But Ben's my friend and I know he gets it 

Then in a couple of days my meltdown passed 

Back to the studio doing twelve hours shifts 

Singing a song about one thing or another 

Another day behind the microphone this summer 

This Tenderloin summer 

This Tenderloin summer 

This Tenderloin summer