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 on 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! 
				

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 bought 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.
				

Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar
You're gonna go far, fly high
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 sincerely
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
				

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?

And did they get you to trade 
your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
a walk on part in the war 
for a lead 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 you found? 
The same old fears
Wish you were here
				

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 ...
				

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 on 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! 
				

Raving and drooling
I fell on his neck with a scream
He had a whole lotta
Terminal shock in his eyes
That's what you get
For pretending the rest are not real

Babbling and snapping
At far away flies
He will zig zag his way back
Through memories of boredom and pain

How does it feel
To be empty and angry and spaced?
Split up the middle
Between the illusion of safety in numbers
And the fist in your face
				

Gotta be crazy, you gotta be mean
Gotta keep your shoes and your car clean
Gotta keep smiling, you gotta keep fit
You gotta keep drinking, you gotta eat shit

You gotta be small to be a big shot
Gotta eat meat to stay at the top
You gotta be trusted, you gotta tell lies
Gotta be able to narrow your eyes

You gotta believe they gotta believe you
Gotta appear easy to see through
Gotta be sure you look good on TV
Gotta resemble a human being

You gotta keep one eye over your shoulder
Gonna get harder as you get older
Gotta fly south and hide in the sand
Gotta forget that you're gonna get cancer

[David Gilmour]

Scat singing

[Verse 2: Roger Waters] (David Gilmour Harmonies)

And when you lose control
You'll reap the harvest you have sown
And as the fear grows
The bad blood slows and turns to stone

And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around
So have a good drown as you go down
All alone
Dragged down by the stone

[Verse 3: David Gilmour]

You've gotta be sure, you gotta be quick
Gotta divide the tame from the sick
Gotta keep all of us docile and fit
Gotta keep everyone buying this shit

They gotta get you started early
Processed by the time you're 30
You work like fuck until you're 65
And time's your own until you die

Gotta admit to a lot of confusion
Pain in the head is the child of collusion
Gotta resist this creeping malaise
Gotta believe in the way you get out of the maze

But you, you just keep on pretending
You can tell a sucker from a friend
But you still raise the knife
Stranger, lover, friend and foe alike

[Verse 4: Roger Waters] (David Gilmour and Rick Wright Backup)

Who was born in a house full of pain
*Born in a house full of pain*
Who was sent out to play on his own
*Sent out to play on his own*
Who was raised on a diet of shame
*Raised on a diet of shame*
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
*Trained not to spit in the fan*
Who was told what to do by the man
*Told what to do by the man*
Who was broken by trained personnel
*Broken by trained personnel*
Who was fitted with bridle and bit
*Fitted with bridle and bit*
Who was given a seat in the stand
*Given a seat in the stand*
Who was forcing his way to the rail
*Forcing his way to the rail*
Who was offered a place on the board
*Offered a place on the board*
Who was only a stranger at home
*Only a stranger at home*
Who was ground down in the end
*Ground down in the end*
Who was found dead on the phone
*Found dead on the phone*
Who was dragged down by the stone
Dragged down by the stone
				

[Instrumental]
				

Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar
You're gonna go far, fly high
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 sincerely
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
				

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?

And did they get you to trade 
your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
a walk on part in the war 
for a lead 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 you found? 
The same old fears
Wish you were here