Songtexte Benny's from Heaven - Roger Cicero
                                                    A 
                                                long 
                                                time 
                                                ago,
 
                                    
                                
                                                    A 
                                                second 
                                                lieutenant 
                                                named 
                                                Spears
 
                                    
                                
                                                Returned 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                States
 
                                    
                                
                                                After 
                                                being 
                                                overseas 
                                                for 
                                                three 
                                                years
 
                                    
                                
                                                His 
                                                wife 
                                                said, 
                                                "Welcome 
                                                home, 
                                                dear,
 
                                    
                                
                                                But 
                                                since 
                                                you've 
                                                been 
                                                gone, 
                                                you 
                                                see
 
                                    
                                
                                                We've 
                                                been 
                                                blessed 
                                                with 
                                                    a 
                                                darling 
                                                baby,
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                the 
                                                cute 
                                                little 
                                                one 
                                                is 
                                                he."
 
                                    
                                
                                                She 
                                                took 
                                                that 
                                                baby 
                                                in 
                                                her 
                                                arms
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                says 
                                                "Benny 
                                                is 
                                                his 
                                                name."
 
                                    
                                
                                                He 
                                                says 
                                                "I've 
                                                been 
                                                gone 
                                                away 
                                                three 
                                                years,
 
                                    
                                
                                                So 
                                                darling 
                                                can 
                                                you 
                                                please 
                                                explain?
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                won't 
                                                feel 
                                                so 
                                                dumb,
 
                                    
                                
                                                So 
                                                tell 
                                                me, 
                                                where 
                                                this 
                                                little 
                                                Benny 
                                                come 
                                                from?"
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                every 
                                                time 
                                                he'd 
                                                ask, 
                                                she's 
                                                say 
                                                "Benny's 
                                                from 
                                                heaven."
 
                                    
                                
                                                His 
                                                face 
                                                got 
                                                red, 
                                                but 
                                                still 
                                                he 
                                                repeatedly 
                                                say 
                                                "The 
                                                Benny's 
                                                from 
                                                heaven."
 
                                    
                                
                                                He 
                                                said, 
                                                I've 
                                                asked 
                                                the 
                                                neighbors, 
                                                that 
                                                come 
                                                around,
 
                                    
                                
                                                But 
                                                no 
                                                one 
                                                can 
                                                seem 
                                                to 
                                                remember 
-                                                Benny 
                                                comin' 
                                                down.
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                he 
                                                said 
                                                about 
                                                    a 
                                                little 
                                                thing 
                                                like 
                                                this,
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                ordinarily 
                                                wouldn't 
                                                bother;
 
                                    
                                
                                                But 
                                                one 
                                                thing 
                                                    I 
                                                know 
                                                about 
                                                children,
 
                                    
                                
                                                I'm 
                                                sure 
                                                they 
                                                gotta 
                                                have 
                                                    a 
                                                father.
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                when 
                                                    I 
                                                look 
                                                at 
                                                Benny, 
                                                    I 
                                                think 
                                                is 
                                                plain 
                                                to 
                                                see,
 
                                    
                                
                                                That 
                                                Benny 
                                                must 
                                                be 
                                                from 
                                                heaven,
 
                                    
                                
                                                'Cause 
                                                he 
                                                darn 
                                                sure 
                                                ain't 
                                                from 
                                                me."
 
                                    
                                
                                                No, 
                                                No, 
                                                No
 
                                    
                                
                                                    A 
                                                Benny's 
                                                from 
                                                heaven.
 
                                    
                                
                                                    A 
                                                Benny's 
                                                from 
                                                heaven.
 
                                    
                                
                                                (Improvisation)
 
                                    
                                
                                                    A 
                                                Benny's 
                                                from 
                                                heaven.
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                he 
                                                said 
                                                about 
                                                    a 
                                                little 
                                                thing 
                                                like 
                                                this,
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                ordinarily 
                                                wouldn't 
                                                bother;
 
                                    
                                
                                                But 
                                                one 
                                                thing 
                                                    I 
                                                know 
                                                about 
                                                children,
 
                                    
                                
                                                I'm 
                                                sure 
                                                they 
                                                gotta 
                                                have 
                                                    a 
                                                father.
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                when 
                                                    I 
                                                look 
                                                at 
                                                Benny, 
                                                    I 
                                                think 
                                                is 
                                                plain 
                                                to 
                                                see,
 
                                    
                                
                                                That 
                                                Benny 
                                                must 
                                                be 
                                                from 
                                                heaven,
 
                                    
                                
                                                'Cause 
                                                he 
                                                darn 
                                                sure 
                                                ain't 
                                                from 
                                                me."
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                Benny's 
                                                must 
                                                be 
                                                from 
                                                heaven,
 
                                    
                                
                                                'Cause 
                                                he 
                                                darn 
                                                sure 
                                                ain't 
                                                from 
                                                me."
 
                                    
                                
                                                Oh 
                                                no.
 
                                    
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