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