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Simple Ben (Remastered 2002) - John J. Francis

Written by：John J. Fran

Walkin' on a dusty road in the country side of ease

I heard a song driftin' on the gently blowin' breeze

Sunshine through the autumn

Sweet snow to the spri ing

Corn by the water of an old

Mill stream

And you give me all

You give me all

A barrow pushed by a little man came rollin' from

The west

He sang a song as he stepped along

Until we drew abreast

Well hello there

My friend I see you're on the

Road here just like me

Why don't we stop and rest a while and I'll

Boil a pot of tea

Just give me sunshine through the autumn

Sweet snow to the spri ing

Corn by the water of an old

Mill stream

And you give me all

You give me all

He said his name was simple ben

But not what I'd believe

Christened by the way he thought

And not the way he lived

I've seen the best and worst that we have here

On our earth

And finally decided on the things that I get worth

Just give me sunshine through the autumn

Sweet snow to the spri ing

Corn by the water of an old

Mill stream

And you give me all

You give me all

I asked if he had seen

The great jets fly across the sky

He said he'd seen the smallest bird

Learnin' how to fly

Have you seen the bridges

Stretched across the bays

I've seen the smallest fish alive dyin' in the haze

Have you seen the massive buildin's reached towards the sun

I've seen the fields of barronness from the work that

Man has done

What about the dams and weirs that feed the countryside

I've seen the brownness of the grass when the dams

And weirs run

Just give me sunshine through the autumn

Sweet snow to the spri ing

Corn by the water of an old

Mill stream

And you give me all

You give me all

What about the fertile lands

Where

Nothin' once would grow

I've seen the lands to the north

And south and the tons of ice and snow

Have you seen the jungle so thick that a man can't go

I've seen a farmer

Plough a field

With nothing

But hoe

You must admit that the motor was

A boom for all mankind

The air is sweeter here

Than 100 miles behind

Just give me sunshine through that the autumn

Sweet snow through to spring

Corn by the water of an old

Mill stream

And you give me all

You give me all

What about the time

We sa-aved to go from place to place

I've seen my life go by so fast

I scarce recall a face

You must have learned a lot by now

About your fellow man

I've seen the waves that break upon

The beaches made of sand

What about the beauty

Of great art that men have done

I've seen the shapes of mountains

Up against the mornin' sun

You give me sunshine through the Autumn

Sweet snow to the Spri-ing

Corn by the water of an old

Mill stream

And you give me all

You give me all

Ben do you believe in God

And the words that preachers pray

I've seen myself in a still

Calm pool and

I've heard a donkey bray

Don't you need the tender warmth

Of a lady in your be-ed

I used to know

A pretty woman

Who liked the stars above her head

Can you give me sunshine through the Autumn

Sweet snow to the Spri-ing

Corn by the water of an old

Mill stream

And you give me all

You give me all

Friend

Thank you for your company

But I must be on my way

The road is growin' shorter

As the sun sets on my day

We'll have to meet again some time

To rest and share some tea-ea

If you hear this song when you're walkin' along

You gonna know who it's gonna be

You give me sunshine through the Autumn

Sweet snow to the Spri-ing

Corn by the water of an old

Mill stream

And you give me all

You give me all

Just give me sunshine through the Autumn

Sweet snow to the Spri-ing

Corn by the water of an old

Mill stream

And you give me all

You give me all

Just give me sunshine through the Autumn

Sweet snow to the Spri-ing

Corn by the water of an old

Mill stream

And you give me all

Yeah you give me all

Just give me sunshine through the Autumn

Sweet snow to the Spri-ing

Corn by the water of an old

Mill stream

And you give me all

Woh you give me all

Yeah

And you give me all

Woh you give me all