At the very end when I first heard this song I thought Simon was saying "You never come home Dave, you never come home Davey" even though it made more sense at the time for it to be baby. But I was thinking, who is this Dave guy? And then a little later I found out that Simon had a friend named David who died due to a drug overdose and that he wrote a song in his memory before, "Do You Believe In Shame?" I thought I heard Simon say "Dave" at the end of that song too after listening to it. But it would make sense if Simon wrote "Downtown" for David too though I have no idea if he did or not. It doesn't really make any difference as far as meaning goes to the listener though it is always interesting to hear the story behind songs. But I just wondered if I was the only one who heard that or if it's really there.
At the very end when I first heard this song I thought Simon was saying "You never come home Dave, you never come home Davey" even though it made more sense at the time for it to be baby. But I was thinking, who is this Dave guy? And then a little later I found out that Simon had a friend named David who died due to a drug overdose and that he wrote a song in his memory before, "Do You Believe In Shame?" I thought I heard Simon say "Dave" at the end of that song too after listening to it. But it would make sense if Simon wrote "Downtown" for David too though I have no idea if he did or not. It doesn't really make any difference as far as meaning goes to the listener though it is always interesting to hear the story behind songs. But I just wondered if I was the only one who heard that or if it's really there.