Cody Jinks - David lyrics

My friend David was a good kid
He had my back, always knew he did
He was different than most
And maybe I was too
Hanging out with the in-crowd
Just wasn't our thing
There was a whole lot more
Than we could see on these plains
Well, some people just seem to get stuck
And hang around
It's college or trade school for
Those with the means
There's never been any small town dreams
For those in between
Yeah the poor folks they go to work
Or they go to war
I did fifteen hundred days in the Corps
And I got back
Nothing looked the same anymore
I got on with the local police
It just seemed to fit things have changed
By then David had a daughter and a son
And a rap sheet to prove all
The time that he'd done
He was just a burned out
Beat down shell of my old friend
And on a three day binge
He was speeding through town
And I bumped the wailers just to
Try to slow him down
He didn't know it was me, and he took off
Oh how things change

And I found his truck in
The floodplain upside down
It was a hell of a rain
I don't know if he drowned
Or if he died on impact
Must have rolled three times
Yeah, the only thing to make matters worse
Is that his mama's a late night ER nurse
And he was DOA, she just about lost her mind

David's wife drops by every once in a while
And childhood stories always make her smile
But somehow we always go back to that day

When I found his truck in
The floodplain upside down
It was a hell of a rain
I don't know if he drowned
Or if he died on impact
It must have rolled three times
Yeah, the only thing to make matters worse
Is that his mama's a late night ER nurse
And he was DOA, she just about lost her mind

And ain't it the times?