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 Davie had to sit back down
And try to clear his troubled mind
Said "If I can't cast away the 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 Davie 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"
Mmmmm
David
