Oh Ben

#130: Mighty Nice of Him

BEN
Ben, the two of us need look no more
We both found what we were looking for
With a friend to call my own
I'll never be alone
And you, my friend, will see
You've got a friend in me
(you've got a friend in me)

Ben, you're always running here and there
You feel you're not wanted anywhere
If you ever look behind
And don't like what you find
There's one thing you should know
You've got a place to go
(you've got a place to go)

I used to say "I" and "me"
Now it's "us", now it's "we"
I used to say "I" and "me"
Now it's "us", now it's "we"
Ben, most people would turn you away
I don't listen to a word they say
They don't see you as I do
I wish they would try to
I'm sure they'd think again
If they had a friend like Ben
(a friend) Like Ben
(like Ben) Like Ben

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My friend Cathy and I have been spending extremely long hours doing Karaoke here at my house. We're still in our pajamas but we're already up and serious about trying to beat each other's scores. (I don't know why I always lose.) Then we stumbled on this song. Ah. BEN. "Ben" is memorable because this song basically ended whatever was going on between another friend of ours and this guy she was seeing that time.

You see, we threw her a surprise birthday party at some Karaoke place and we asked the guy to drop by and sing her a song. Thing is, he was stuck in some work-related thing outside of Manila and couldn't get to the party. He asked me to sing "Ben" and dedicate it to her. I thought it was sweet. And cute. But as I was singing it, my friend's face started to have 'confusion' written all over it. After the song, everyone shrieked and gushed over how sweet the song was. And how cute he was for choosing it. She blinked thrice. Then thrice more. Then blurted out, "It's a song for a mouse. Ben is a mouse! He thinks I'm a mouse!"

Then they fought and that was the end of that.