Benjamin Bobbie Gentry

[Verse 1]
Benjamin rode out of Montana
On a Palomino pony
Told me he was all alone
He lost his family in '49

[Verse 2]
Benjamin took me to San Diego
Guess we caused quite a commotion
Sellin' Pacific Ocean water
And callin' it seaweed wine

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 3]
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