The Jazz Butcher - Ben

from the album  Waiting For The Love Bus


Hey Ben?
I saw the whole thing on T.V.
And Ben?
He looks really beautiful.
You, I couldn't see.

But the ugliest thing was the crowd stood there watching.
I wonder if anyone screamed?

Oh Ben.
In a place that we've all been.

Ben?
Please don't be offended.
When I think about it.
I think I'm with you.
And Ben?
There are times I've wanted to be there with them too.

But it just can't be done and they weigh half a ton.
And they don't like you going and then.

See Ben?
It's a family affair.

You're still on the nursery slopes at age like yours.
Looking at it all I can see you'd be appalled
That someone's gonna love ya, sometime Ben.

Ben?
It's not over yet.
There's still one squalid thing.
Now they're rounding up the ones who got away.
From the place they wouldn't even let you in.
Liers and thieves with their crap about caring
Are hardly the friends that you need.

Ben?
In times like these.