The Songbook of Benny Lament

by Amy Harmon

If you want to know what’s happening in a nation, look at the music.

“But there’s no such thing as good guys and bad guys. There’s just people. And everybody’s rotten inside. Some are more rotten than others, and some just aren’t rotten yet. But eventually, we all get a little ripe, ya know what I’m sayin’? We all have dark spots.”