Ben, the two of us need look no more
We both found what we were looking for
With my friend to call my own I'll never be alone
And you my friend will see, you've got a friend in me

When I was 15 years old I saw Michael on television
And he changed my life
I was never the same after that
And because of him I decided I needed to learn how to speak and sing in English
Because it was how he sang

He came to see my show a few years ago
He even sat in that seat right over there
And I don't think I saw anybody else that night other than him

He left us far too soon
But with an amazing legacy of songs
He taught the world how to dance to his music

And tonight we have a chance to remember him in our way
beginning with one of the first songs I remember him singing

Ben, most people would turn you away
I don't listen to a word they say
They don't see you as I do I wish they would try to
I'm sure they'd think again if they had a friend like Ben
Like Ben, like Ben