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
And I've spend all my money before I get paid
And I said David, don't you think it's strange
While you were in a dark room
How the world went and changed
Looking in your eyes, I think you know
That David, we lost you
Lost you a long time ago
Oh, ooo, oh
Oh, ooo, oh,ooo
Oh, ooo, oh,ooo
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 call 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 stranger's hands
But I've drunk away my wealth now
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
For years you're 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
Oh, ooo, oh,ooo
Oh, ooo, oh,ooo
Oh, ooo, oh,ooo
Oh, Nooo
Oh, ooo, oh,ooo
Oh, ooo, oh,ooo
And I said, David don't you think that it's strange
While you were sleeping
How the world went and changed
Looking in your eyes
I think you know
David, we lost you
Lost you a long time ago |