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.