Remember when you were young,
You shone like the s un.
Shine on you crazy diamon d.
Now there's a look in your eyes,
Like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you craz y diamon d.
You were caught in the crossfire
Of childhood and stardom,
Blown on the steel bre eze.
Come on you target for fa raway laughter,
Come on you stranger, you le gend, you ma rtyr, and s hine !
You reached for the secret too soon,
You cried for the mo on.
Shine on you craz y diamo nd.
Threatened by shadows at night,
And exposed in the li ght.
Shine on you craz y diamo nd.
Well you wore out your welcome
With random precission,
Rode on the steel br eeze.
Come on you raver, you se er of visions,
Come on you painter, you pi per, you pris oner and sh ine !