Dirty Diamond

Found these in a box at the bus stop

My name's at the bottom

But I'm nowhere to be found

I really get around they say

So I take these sightless creatures home

Then I fear them so to tremble

For I'm no mother, I

Just some random defender

I remember running chest high

In the steppe grass

At the dawn of man

When we got along

I remember running chest high

In the steppe grass

At the dawn of man

When we got along

We raced along the ground

I chased it out of town

The sun's the meanest easy target

That I know

We played a tender game

Of kissing cobra tag

We slept astride our horses

Tied fast in their manes

My friend would touch my face

And leave a star or two

The years left constellations

Of our wild language

What drove the sun away

I'm far too small to know

A gaslight's winter

Marches on refinery legs

What can I tell you now?

It sped away along the canal

And drummed mosquito clouds

From their dens of hot tires for miles

And drummed mosquito clouds

From their dens of hot tires for miles

I remember running chest high

In the steppe grass

At the dawn of man

I remember running chest high

In the steppe grass

At the dawn of man

When we got along

Oh, petroleum

You're the top predator now

Sovereign, lover, liar

But you're uninspired too

According to your anthem, you

Oh, petroleum

You're the top predator now

And I am just desire

One dirty diamond

Some random defender

I sold my flesh that I might die

So the world will spin

And my cubs won't cry

I have to be the sun for them

Oh, petroleum

You are beautiful

But so am I

I'm a dirty diamond

Lying looking at the sky

I'm a dirty diamond

Lying looking at the sky