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