ellen and ben they met at someone s housewarming party they didn t like each other at first i was still there i heard them talking as they found their raincoats they made a date expecting the worst when ellen got home she made a snack and went up on her rooftop and didn t think about ben at all she stayed up for hours just watching all the drunk folks find their taxis cause all in all it was a good night soco in bed a sunny sunday watching john mclaughlin and having sex again and again i had stopped by cause ellen had my copy of nebraska they never even put on their clothes i hung for a while but every time i tried to ask them something they started making out all again i thought it was rude i couldn t tell you why yeah yeah why ellen and ben they may as well have run off to havana they simply disappeared for a year they d show up at shows but less and less and saying hi to no one and why they even came wasn t clear they got a new place but neither of their names were in the phonebook so no one really knew where they where i thought it was cheap but i couldn t tell you why yeah yeah why why yeah yeah when i was ten i had this book of modern fighter planes with f 15s and migs that and a bowl of breyer s mint chip was life at its apex the chewing of pens the ocean city girls on the boardwalk singing oh whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa yeah yeah ellen and ben i heard they broke up loudly at a wedding and never saw each other again it seems kinda weird they made each other feel like they could die but they couldn t stay the slightest of friends well i m doing fine i m staying busy hanging with my nephew and trying to keep my eyes on the prize you know how it goes and so do i so call me when you can now you know how i love a surprise oh yeah1