"David" lyrics - PASSENGER

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
Hands are too shaky now
I've spent all my money before I get paid

I said, David, don't you think it's strange?
While you were in your 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

He leans his head against the hostel wall
Said, I've 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 and 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 were 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

And I said, David, don't you think that it's strange?
While you where 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