Dave Lyrics - Singles - Boomtown Rats

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, 

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