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 down to San Diego
I guess we caused quite a commotion
Sellin' Pacific Ocean water
And callin' it see weed wine

I never had as good a friend as Benjamin
He loved to travel
He'd been every 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 everyone
Who had a good friend like Benjamin
Who had a good friend like Benjamin

Me and Ben thumbed a ride to Alabama
Spent the summer picking cotton
It was so dog-gone hot we bought us
A three speed electric hand

Then at night we'd drink a Coca Cola
And listen to the rain a fallin'
And hearin' the Bob White callin' as though
He'd know we'd understand

I never had as good a friend as Benjamin
He loved to travel
He'd been every 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 everyone
Who had a good friend like Benjamin
Who had a good friend like Benjamin

Ben and me spent some time in Oklahoma
Livin' on a reservation
Workin' at a service station
Pumpin' gas and passin' time

Caught a train down to Harlan County
Thinkin' we were awful lucky
Just to walk along Kentucky back-road
Without no reason nor rhyme, oh

I've never had as good a friend as Benjamin
He loved to travel
He'd been every 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 every one
Who had a good friend like Benjamin
Who had a good friend like Benjamin
Who had a good friend like Benjamin

Benjamin, he loved to travel
He'd been every place I'd been and back again
He loved to travel
Never had as good a friend as Benjamin
He loved to travel
Oh oh
Benjamin, yeah, yeah, yeah