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 percision,
 Rode on the steel breeze.
 Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
 Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine