david

David - Passenger

Well I met him outside a hostel door

He said I'll tell you mine

If you tell me yours

I know you think it's shifty

For a man in his fifties

To be sleeping in a hostel dorm

But I used to be a welder by trade

Used to work by the water

Where the ships get made

But no ship yard will take me now

My hands are too shaky now

If I've spend all my money before I get paid

And I said: David don't you think it's strange

While you in your dark room

How the world went and changed

Looking in your eyes

Yeah I think you know

That David we lost you

Lost you a long time ago

He leans his head against the hostel wall

Said I have an ex-wife that doesn't hear me

And a kid that doesn't call

And every month I'm caught short

With my fucking child support

And the court says

That I'm reckless and irresponsible

Cause it was never part of the plan

To be a middle aged man

To be sat outside a hostel

Shaking strangers hands

But I've drunk away my wealth

I'm a picture of bad health

And I'm a shadow of a shadow of a former self

And I said: David don't you think it's strange

If you walking

And how the world went and changed

I hear it in your voice

I think you know

That David we lost you

Lost you a long time ago

I siad David don't you think it's strange

While you were sleeping

How the world went and changed

Looking in your eyes

So I think you know

David we lost you

Lost you a long time ago