"Victoria and Bennie"
by James Dignan

to the tune of "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" (Billy Joel)

A man from the north, a man wearing red,
With a strange brown hat upon his head
You can see him in the street, greeting strangers that he meets,
With a smile on his face

A man from the States, a man of the law,
He looks like he has seen it all before
They'll help each other on their way,
Through their Chicago working day.

"Things are OK with me these days, moved south, into the city
Got a new life, got some new friends and the wolf is fine
Lost my dad a while ago,  But he comes back, I did not know
He could ever talk to me after he had died.
You remember those days hanging out at the library?
Seal-skin jackets, fur-lined boots and skis?
Pick up my guitar, sing a song about riding forever
Cold milk, northern lights, those long Inuvik winter nights"

Victoria & Bennie had met in the arctic about a dozen or so years before
A big robbery was the reason that she was on the run from the law The
temperature dropped like a stone,
They knew that they'd freeze if they stayed on their own
And they huddled for warmth so that they had a chance to survive
Oh, but being together kindled a spark deep inside
Whoaoh, whoaoh whoaohohohohoh
Whoaoh, whoaoh whoaohohohohoh

Victoria and Bennie met once again in the summer of '95,
One little glance was enough to announce that their love was alive He
felt a strange kind of euphoria,
Stopped fighting crime just to be with Victoria
everyone knew he had nothing but her on his mind
Oh, maybe the mountie was waving crime-fighting goodbye
Whoaoh, whoaoh whoaohohohohoh
Whoaoh, whoaoh whoaohohohohoh

Well she trashed his apartment and she shot his wolf
But Ben still thought that she was the one
When he caught her she, said that Jolly was free,
And she had to stay on the run
But then at the zoo, she shot Jolly too,
And she did it with Ben Fraser's gun
Whoaohoh, whoaohoh - (Rock & Roll!)

When the FBI said that Victoria was dead,
Then Ben found it hard to explain,
And then she framed Vecchio with a key in the snow
And a bundle of money to claim,
And because he was shot we can't say whether or not
Ben would really have got on that train,
Whoaohoh, whoaohoh

Vicky & Bennie had had it already by the summer of '95
And I didn't know by the end of the show If he'd still be alive
Everyone thought he was crazy,
Ray could see she was a dangerous lady
But we always hoped that he'd still find some way to survive
And that's all I know about Vicky & Benny
I can't tell you more cause I told you already
But here we are standing waving Victoria goodbye
Whoaoh, whoaoh whoaohohohohoh
Whoaoh, whoaoh whoaohohohohoh

A man wearing red, in the USA,
Fighting windy city crime each day
Due south from Yukon's arctic snow
To our favourite TV show...

James Dignan