Artist: Pink Floyd Album: Wish You Were Here {1975}

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, 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
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 gituar
Always ate in the Steak Bar
Loved to drive in his Jaguar
So welcome to the machine

Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar you're gonna go far
You're gonna 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 skys 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 heros 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 we found
The same old fears
Wish you were here

Nobody knows where you are
How near or how far
Shine on you crazy, you crazy diamond

Pile on many more layers
And I'll be joining you there
Shine on you crazy, you crazy diamond

And we'll bask in the shadow of yesterday's triumph
And sail on the steel breeze
Come on you boy child, you winner and loser
Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine