David

[Verse 1]

Twenty some-odd years ago and early in the morn

A child named David Thomas 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 center of the world

Twenty some-odd years go by and down at Fountain Lake

We were all smoking candy cigarettes and trying to catch a break

Somebody shouted, "Here comes Davey 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 cast away the giants in my head, I'd just sit back and cast a line"

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 2]

Now Davey had 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

[Chorus]

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

And 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, are

[Verse 3]

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 that I would be

Guess I must be a giant also for these giants all to fit inside of me"

[Outro]

Mmm

Woah, David