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Benjamin Lyrics by Midnight Youth

The Brave Don’t Run

2009

[Verse 1]
Ben looks across at the girl that lives next door
He's a hedgepig, delicious, he knows that she wants him more
Than Matthew and Peter, the treeworms that built her house
In Brighton Beach with Russian creeps
That Ben found on the floor
[Pre-Chorus]
Ben could say anything
To make her happen
And Ben could drink anything
To make her happen
[Chorus]
He's a prickly little porker
No, he's not a son of mine
He's a dirty little secret
A stickly little swine
You know he had it coming
From the day he borrowed bread
A toasty little trinket
He stole my girl instead
[Verse 2]
Sarah sees Ben with a snout full of cigarettes
With knees weak from envy, she casts out her wishing net
Just a handful of teaspoons and thimbles, they turned his head
She had caught him by the prickled prune
That summer never shed
But she knew that
[Pre-Chorus]
Ben could swim anything
To make her happen
And Ben could smoke anything
To make her happen
[Chorus]
He's a prickly little porker
No, he's not a son of mine
He's a dirty little secret
A stickly little swine
You know he had it coming
From the day he borrowed bread
A toasty little trinket
He stole my girl instead
[Bridge]
Benjamin lives down the road
He is very hard to believe
Because he's preciously metal
Yes, he's preciously special
And he's talkin' right to me
[Breakdown]
Won't you tell me
Won't you tell me
Won't you tell me straight, you freak
Won't you lease me your girl
Won't you lease me your girl
I just got money from the Russian creeps
C'mon!
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
He's a prickly little porker
No, he's not a son of mine
He's a dirty little secret
A stickly little swine
You know he had it coming
From the day he borrowed bread
He's a toasty little trinket
Ooh, he stole my girl instead, oh!
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Midnight Youth

Midnight Youth

About “Benjamin” by Midnight Youth

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"Benjamin" appears on "The Brave Don’t Run" in 2009.

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