Well I been down so very damn long
That it looks like up to me
I get knocked down, I get up again
Close to the edge, down by the river.
Down at the end, round by the corner.
Seasons will pass you by,
Now that it’s all over and done,
Called to the seed, right to the sun.
Now that you find, now that you’re whole.
Seasons will pass you by,
I get up, I get down.
I get up, I get down.
I get up, I get down.
I’m in love for the first time
Don’t you know it’s gonna last
It’s a love that lasts forever
It’s a love that has no past
Don’t let me down. Don’t let me down.
Don’t let me down. Don’t let me down.
Be on my side. I’ll be on your side, baby
There is no reason for you to hide
It’s so hard for me staying here all alone
When you could be taking me for a ride
She could drag me over the rainbow
And send me away
Down by the river
I shot my baby
Down by the river
Time stands still as I gaze in her waters
She eases me down, touching me gently with
The waters that flow past my boat on the river
So I don’t cry out anymore
Oh, the river is wide
The river, it touches my life like the waves on the sand
And all roads lead to Tranquility Base
Where the frown on my face disappears
Take me down to my boat on the river
And I won’t cry out anymore
[Hmm, Rush or Billy, hmm…]
In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
From the mountains of faith
To the river so deep
I must be looking for something
Something sacred I lost
But the river is wide
And it’s too hard to cross
And even though I know the river is wide
I walk down every evening and I stand on the shore
And try to cross to the opposite side
So I can finally find what I’ve been looking for
But I still haven’t found
What I’m looking for
But I still haven’t found
What I’m looking for
I’ve been searching so long
To find an answer
Don’t say words you’re gonna regret
Don’t let fire rush to your head
I’ve heard the accusations before
And I ain’t gonna take anymore
Believe me
The sun in your eyes
Makes some of the lies worth believing
To me you’re like the setting sun
You shine then you’re gone
Go down on your light
So bright it burns my eyes
Sounds like the perfect way
To end my life
Don’t let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it’s always someone else I see
I’d just allow a fragment of your life, to wander free
But losing everything, is like the sun going down on me
I’m not the one who’s so far away
When I feel the snakebite enter my veins
Never did I wanna be here again
And I don’t remember why I came
Had you coiled around my arm.
How could you ever know
How I loved your diamond eyes
But that was long ago
Go now, you’ve been set free.
Another month or so you’ll be poisoning me
With your lovely smile.
I see you slither away with your skin and your tail,
Your flickering tongue and your rattling scales
Like a real reptile
Diamonds are forever
Sparkling around my little finger
And like men, the diamonds linger
Men are mere mortals who are
Not worth going to your grave for
I don’t need love
For what good will love do me?
Diamonds never lie to me
For when love’s gone
They luster on
This diamond ring doesn’t shine for me anymore
And this diamond ring doesn’t mean what it did before
So if you’ve got someone whose love is true
Let it shine for you
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!
I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king
I’ve been up and down and over and out and I know one thing
Each time I find myself flat on my face
I pick myself up and get back in the race
He came from New York City, man
But he couldn’t take the pace
He thought it was like a dog eat dog world
But he went to San Francisco
Spent a year in outer space
With a twee little San Franciscan girl
I can hear my mother wailing
And a whole lot of scraping of chairs
I don’t know what it is
But there’s definitely something going on upstairs
From far away
I hear my mother crying
The sky is gray
They say the earth is dying
I hear her voice
And still I make a choice to stay
I leave a life behind me
I feel myself begin
I’m reaching out to keep you
Falling farther in
I feel the life inside me
You grow beyond my skin
I’m reaching out to keep you
Falling farther in