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 cross fire
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!