Dagenham Dave

DAGENHAM DAVE (STRANGLERS) INTRO:              x2                    x2 VERSE:             Dave was from out of town             Manchester’s likely too             Had read De Sade to Marx               More read than me or you             Scaffolding pays good bread           It pays for drugs and kicks             Dave only had one love                   had no real need for chicks              Dave was so far ahead                     but now he’s dead         CHORUS: I’m not going to cry        I bet he hit the water high            I’m not going to cry        I bet he hit the water high VERSE: I guess he lost control and welcomed in the night           It was too much for him what were his thoughts that night? The river thames is cold it keeps on flowing on             But it left Dave alone it just kept flowing on.                          There’s city sickness here                 but now he’s dead        CHORUS: I’m not going to cry        I bet he hit the water high            I’m not going to cry        I bet he hit the water high BREAK: Late night a street in the west of the city     There was a place there where he lost himself Strange feelings did he feel there strange people Did he meet there angry sounds did he hear there Like the howling of bulls….. CHORUS: I’m not going to cry        I bet he hit the water high            I’m not going to cry        I bet he hit the water high