Dai Da, Dai Da, Dai Da, Dai dai da
Dai Da, Dai Da, Dai Da, Dai dai da
Da dee da dee dee da dai de da da
Da dee da dee dee da dai de da da
I got out and started workin leather, went to work in plastic manufacture
Learned to build the tools to fix the motors, spare time I fixed my bosses jaguar
I went to live in Omeo where the hops and the tobacco grow:
20 years clean I can’t come home- if I did I’d still be tempted.
Darlin, don’t you know it’s worth the tears you cried, the letters penned?
I’m glad you made the visits though I did not understand
This room I’m sleeping in is creeping slowly earthward,
Loneliness is easier when love comes winging, you come singing
Darlin- keep the visits comin.
Heart attacks and valium, seizures when the pills don’t come
Ulcers when the drugs don’t work- how my hips and shoulders hurt
But once I could turn somersaults, and though I had so many faults
I loved you and your mother though I couldn’t find the words to say
Dai Da, Dai Da, Dai Da, Dai dai da
Dai Da, Dai Da, Dai Da, Dai dai da
Da dee da dee dee da dai de da da
Da dee da dee dee da dai de da da
I can make a pot, I’m a tinker and I can make a lock, I’m a fitter
I can build a boat, and row her; I can make a house from sleepers
Da dee da dee dee da dai de da da
Da dee da dee dee da dai de da da
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