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Dagenham Dave Lyrics
Head in the clouds, and a mouthful of pie
Head in a blouse, everybody loves him
I see why
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Oh, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Oh, Dagenham Dave
"I love Karen, I love Sharon" on the windowscreen
With never the need to fight or to question a single thing
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Oh, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Oh, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Oh, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham Dave
He'd love to touch, he's afraid that he might self-combust
I could say more, but you get the general idea
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham, Dagenham
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Oh, Dave, oh, Dagenham, dagenham
Dagenham Dave
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Oh, Dave, oh, Dave, oh, Dave
Oh, Dave
Head in a blouse, everybody loves him
I see why
Oh, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Oh, Dagenham Dave
With never the need to fight or to question a single thing
Oh, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Oh, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Oh, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham Dave
I could say more, but you get the general idea
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham, Dagenham
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham, Dagenham Dave
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Oh, Dave, oh, Dagenham, dagenham
Dagenham Dave
Dagenham Dave, Dagenham Dave
Oh, Dave, oh, Dave, oh, Dave
Oh, Dave
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Nope. There is no bad songs.
FACT. :-)
"Nottingham Jon" has this to say about this song : To understand what Dagenham is and what it produces would help a lot of people get a handle on this song at least, and if it could send one person back to SG with open ears then this is worth a go.
There are only two famous things to come out of Dagenham (an area to the East of London, very unglamorous).
1) Dudley Moore. Now I stand to be corrected but I do not think this song is about him.
2) Ford Motor Cars. Dagenham is home to a massive Ford Factory which produces the UK's most popular cars, the Escort (the chosen car of the so-called Boy Racer) and the Fiesta. And is by far and away the main source of employment in the area.
To prefix a song "Dagenham" immediately places it within a certain context. It tells us that Dagenham Dave is a working class, heterosexual male, works at Fords and drives a Ford Escort (the commonest car on the roads)
In an area with its fair share of unemployment, he has a job, has a car, has more than his share of women (Karen and Sharon) and need not worry where his his next meal is coming from.
@kickme8x thank you, that made the song make more sense
@kickme8x thank you, that made the song make more sense
As ever with Moz there's ambiguity with the lyrics. Dagenham Dave us a naval term meaning someone who's mentally unstable "one stop short of Barking". Hence the line about self-combustion...perhaps he can lose his rag quickly? But this could also be about something and bit more sexual, as he wants to touch but might self-combust. Of course Dagenham, with its Ford factory and the name Dave gives the idea of a solidly working class geezer with an eye for the ladies
Morrissey's worst single? Don't like Dagenham either.
the worst morrissey song is sunny
"Dagenham Dave" is the title of song by The Stranglers.
I really like this song...the videoclip is a hoot as well...I think Morrissey is Dave in the clip? Or maybe not.
Terry 14 Obviously hasn't heard any of the "Kill Uncle" album...
sad to agree with njj, kill uncke was the last to my colection and a grat disapointment, uter filth.
i love this song, i think its about heterosexual priviledge, dave just dose what he dose and its ok, he dosent have to fight for his right to mary or teach (the teachers are afrad of the students) or question the religious of political beilefs he was raised with bbecaus they work fine for him.
the vidio however makes it out to be abotut a"player" or a guy cheating on his girlfriend
ill have to look in to that "The Stranglers" song title thing