David

Twenty-some-odd years ago, and early in the morn
A child named David-Tomas Santiago Robinson was born
And his mother cried as she was holding him for
"All this time, I was hoping for a girl"
"But he's gonna be the life of everybody's party
And the centre of the world"

Twenty-some-odd years go by and down at Fountain Lake
We were all smoking candy cigarettes and tryna catch a break
Somebody shouted, "Here comes Davie boy"
We all got up and had ourselves a real good time
But after a while David had to sit back down
And try to clear his troubled mind
Said "If I can't cast away these giants in my head
I just sit back and cast a line"

David, armed only with your sticks and stones
You can break more than just a person's bones
When you're taking that long walk alone

Now Davie had a lady by the name of Baby Joan
She said "Let's start our lives together
Or let's start our lives alone
And David sat back in the dirt and said
I don't think I can make it through this one
Feel like a flower after two weeks with no raining
And a long day in the sun

Listen baby Joanie, don't we make a lovely pair
I love that flirty purple sundress and your dirty yellow hair
Sometimes it braids itself together
And it ties me at the feet so I can't leave
Oh, sometimes you fill my chest with so many good things
I haven't got the space to breathe

And he said David
Armed only with your sticks and stones
You can break more than just a person's bones
When you're taking that long walk alone
David, Goliath never fought this hard
I've never seen a giant half as scarred
I've never seen one half as tall as you are

The morning after Joanie left, sweet David lay in bed
And for the first time in a long time had no giants in his head
He said, I'm taller than I thought I was
More than mama said I would be
Guess I must be a giant also for these giants
All to fit inside of me

Mmmmm
David