Dedication: "Dave" was my primary bully, while I was in school. (My apologies if you happen to share this otherwise benign name.) Yet of course this song isn't for him... It's for the other 99 per cent of us who have to tolerate domination, in any of its many forms. Courage, everyone! 💚

Mmm-hmm....

Dave and Friends, they own the show

Doors aren't open for those who don't

Curtains rise but roles stay closed

Their shine’s all staged, a truth that's known

Drawing lines on empty rules

Sounding loud with attitudes

Diva cheats, they sure deceive

Yet real ones see what’s underneath

Dave and Friends, they play pretend

Claim the top and never bend

Glossy fronts for future yen

Their circle loops, it never ends, never ends

Dave and Friends

Dave and Friends

Greed, it's centuries...old

Wearing glitter bought with gold

Sorry freaks with stolen bikes

Snatch your candy bar while they rise

Voices lost to all their noise

That's their cost of looking cool

Drowned out by hollow souls

When you’re just their tortured tool

Whooh, ooh, ooh....

Dave and Friends, they play pretend

Claim the best and never bend

Empty words for current yens

Their circle loops, it never ends

Their circle loops, it never ends, never ends

Dave and Friends

Dave and Friends

Never ends

Mmmm...

Original lyrics and arrangement copyright © June 2025 by LKN