User:TigerBlazer

Remember when you were young

You shone like the Sun

Shine on, you crazy diamond!

Now there's a look in your eyes

Like black holes in the sky

Shine on, you crazy diamond!

You were caught in the crossfire of childhood and stardom

Blown on the steel breeze

Come on, you target for faraway laughter

Come on, you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine

You reached for the secret too soon

You cried for the Moon

Shine on, you crazy diamond!

Threatened by shadows at night

And exposed in the light

Shine on, you crazy diamond!

Well, you wore out your welcome with random precision

Rode on the steel breeze

Come on, you raver, you seer of visions

Come on, you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine

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Welcome my son

Welcome to the machine

Where have you been?

It's alright we know where you've been

You've been in the pipeline, filling in time

Provided with toys and scouting for boys

You brought a guitar to punish your ma

And you didn't like school

And you know you're nobody's fool

So welcome to the machine

Welcome my son

Welcome to the machine

What did you dream?

It's alright we told you what to dream

You dreamed of a big star

He played a mean guitar

He always ate in the steak bar

He loved to drive in his Jaguar

So welcome to the machine

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Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar

You're gonna go far, you're gonna fly

You're never gonna die

You're gonna make it if you try

They're gonna love you

Well I've always had a deep respect

And I mean that most sincere

The band is just fantastic

That is really what I think

Oh by the way, which one's pink?

And did we tell you the name of the game, boy

We call it 'riding the gravy train'

We're just knocked out

We heard about the sell out

You gotta get an album out

You owe it to the people

We're so happy we can hardly count

Everybody else is just green

Have you seen the chart?

It's a helluva start

It could be made into a monster

If we all pull together as a team

And did we tell you the name of the game, boy

We call it 'riding the gravy train'

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So, so you think you can tell

Heaven from hell?

Blue skies from pain?

Can you tell a green field

From a cold steel rail?

A smile from a veil?

Do you think you can tell?

Did they get you to trade

Your heroes for ghosts?

Hot ashes for trees?

Hot air for a cool breeze?

Cold comfort for change?

Did you exchange

A walk-on part in the war

For a leading role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here

We're just two lost souls

Swimming in a fish bowl

Year after year

Running over the same old ground

What have we found?

The same old fears

Wish you were here

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Nobody knows where you are,

How near or how far

Shine on you crazy diamond!

Pile on many more layers,

And I'll be joining you there.

Shine on you crazy diamond!

And we'll bask in the shadow of yesterday's triumph,

Sail on the steel breeze

Come on you boy child, you winner and loser,

Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine!