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David​’​s Dead

from Several Songs About Fire by A. Savage

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lyrics

Oranges are not for sale
At any store for several blocks around
The part of town where fruit just
Brings in flies

Corner building used to be something else
And now it’s finally sold
Then it’s eight stories high
In two years time

Laundry folded in a bag underneath
A chart of price-per-pound
Quarter machine out of order sign

Used to be a corner with a mural of folks
That you would see walking around
Used to be a shop where a guy could fix
Anything that had broke down
Used to be man who I’d see around
And he used to be my pal
But I just heard the news that David’s dead
Still tryna wrap my head around

I have paid rent to the same lord of land
For ten plus years, and now
I’m tired as hell of living life this way

Faces in the hallway change and you
Know who to let in and out
No one says hello or meets your eye

So called friend who only says
“Let’s hang out” if he runs into me
He says next week and I see him in five

I remember parties where people would dance
To rock n roll all night
I remember parties where people would show up
Just to start a fight
I remember nights when we did both and
I remember what you wore:
A turquoise dress and tequila grin
A mirthful mess when you walk in the door

Can collectors making rounds after dark
And I can hear them clank
I just drank and it’s money in the bank

Witnesses just rang my bell
Saturday when I was sleeping in
Is that why their magazine is called
Awake?

You can see me laughing to myself alone
Walking down the steps to the train
You can see me writing words in a book
Waiting for a bus in the rain
You can see a stranger asking me for a buck
And you can see me saying “sure”

Because I just got the word that David’s dead
You won’t see him ask me anymore.

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from Several Songs About Fire, track released October 6, 2023
2023, A. Savage under exclusive licence to Rough Trade Records Ltd

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