 |
| The Jam - David Watts |
The Jam - David Watts Lyrics and Youtube Music VideosAlbum:
All Mod Cons Released:
1978 Am a dull and simple lad
Cannot tell water from champagne
And I have never met the Queen
And I wish I could have all he has got
I wish I could be like
David WattsAnd when I lie on my pillow at night
I dream I could fight like David Watts
And lead the school team to victory
Take my exams and pass the lot
He is the head boy at the school
He is the captain of the team
His is so gay and fancy free
And I wish I could have all the money he's got
I wish I could be like David Watts
And all the girls in the neighborhood
Try to go out with David Watts
The try their best but can't succeed
For he is of pure and noble creed
Writer/s: DAVIES, RAYMOND DOUGLAS
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Lyrics licensed and provided by
LyricFindDavid Watts Ray Davies wrote this. The original version can be found on The Kinks' 1967 album Something Else. It wasn't released as a single. The Jam's version was released as a double sided single along with "A Bomb In Wardour Street." (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England, for above 2) The song bemoans the fact that most of us will never attain the glory or stature we want. "David Watts" is the person we all want to be, but will never become. (thanks, scott - cape cod, MA) Jam Bassist Bruce Foxton rather than Paul Weller sang lead on this as it wasn't in the right key for the Jam frontman. Weller told Mojo magazine June 2008 that it was his idea to cover this. He explained: "The first time I went to America (October 1977), you could buy all these old Kinks records that you couldn't get here at the time. As a kid I'd only heard the singles. So it was our choice to record the track, with 'A' Bomb on the B-side. We wanted Billy Hunt as the single, but the record company turned it down. But David Watts worked for us- it put us back on the map."