First Cousin

I don't know the difference between you and the weather

You covered me in dust and wet me through

Felt a little nervous when we two were together

Because you were like a storm that I could talk to

We'd go between the cattle and the cane in the morning

You said you didn't know where the road led to

You just kept on walking when I balked at the warning

Like it was simply something you had to do

You walked on alone as I walked home

And you thought you could control it

And we thought you would come back

They sold something that took sadness and solved it

But Ben, you should have been scared of that

Oh Ben, you should have been scared of that

At an oval up in Isa, from where me and the boys stood

It seemed the ruck would always tap to you

You never backed down with your hands on the footy

Relied on guts and muscle to get you through

And, Ben, you had a body that was harder than iron

And, kid, you had a mind that was sharp as steel

And everybody knew it

I guess we all relied on your heart to keep beating

And the hurt to heal

And you thought you could control it

And we thought you would come back

They sold something that took sadness and solved it

But Ben, you should have been scared of that

Oh Ben, you should have been scared of that