Dave'd called me up yesterday
   Everything he loved had moved away
   I felt despair come crawling through that phone
   I know the feeling but don't get me wrong
   Dave I've always thought that you were touched by fate
   It's never easy but why throw it away?
   Maybe you were both chasing this
   Flirt with death but never kiss her,
   Dave
  
   Oh, I keep dreaming, I'll set the scene,
   So what's a fiver? Why so mean?
   The golden moment, the blinding gleam
   It's all over, that's too cheap.
  
   I see you bleed,
   I know you feel the squeeze,
   But please,
   Believe,
   The view from on your knees
   Deceives
   Keep going.
   Dave,
  
   I know you're empty, I know you're numb
   And you can't function, I know that you're drunk
   But Dave I've always felt that you were touched by fate
   The thing that gets me is the stupid waste.
   So pick it up and don't put it down,
   A newer story in another town
  
   I see you bleed
   I know you feel the squeeze
   Time heals
   Believe,
   Then it will seem you dreamed these things,
   Long Ago.