☆ Diamond Dogs (Beck)

Diamond Dogs
as they pulled you out of the oxygen tent, you asked for the latest party
with your silicone hump and your ten inch stump
dressed like a priest, you was
Tod Browning’s freak, you was
crawling down on your hands and your knees
i’m sure you’re not protected, for it’s plain to see
the diamond dogs are poachers and they hide behind trees
hunt you to the ground, they will, mannequins with kill appeal

here they come i’ll keep a friend serene
here they come oh baby, come on to me
here they come well she’s come and been gone
come out of the garden baby, you’ll catch your death in the fog
the girls call them the Diamond Dogs

in the year of the scavenger, the season of the bitch
sashay on the boardwalk, scurry to the ditch
just another future song, lonely little kitsch
there’s gonna be sorrow, try and wake up for tomorrow
Halloween Jack is a real cool cat
he lives on top of Manhattan Chase
the elevator’s broke so he slides down a rope
onto the street below, oh Tarzan, go man go

here they come i’ll keep a friend serene
here they come oh baby come on to me
here they come well she’s come and been gone
come out of the garden baby, you’ll catch your death in the fog
the girls call them the Diamond Dogs
the girls call them the Diamond Dogs

call them the Diamond Dogs
call them the Diamond Dogs
call them the Diamond Dogs, Dogs
call them the Diamond Dogs, Dogs
call them the Diamond Dogs, Dogs

Diamond in the Sleaze
a diamond in the sleaze
down on bended knees
a thousand grizzled nerves
hangin’ loose at the end
it’s later than you think
it’s gone before you blink
out of the crosshairs and into the crowd

do you want to see me suffering?
do you want to see me suffering?
how could you let a good thing go?
how could you let a good thing go?

a lion in the cage
shakes his golden mane
he doesn’t care who notices where he’s gonna lie
you came to beg a meal, you’re older than you feel
keyboard of your memory is comin’ apart

it’s a weight upon my shoulder
it’s a weight upon my shoulder
how could you let a good thing go?
how could you let a good thing go?
i won’t ever let you go
i won’t ever let you go

the doctor takes a rest
inside a hornets nest
polaroids of patients
who refuse to be cured
a life lived under glass
stolen cadillacs
can you hear the saxophones peelin’ the paint

do you want to see me suffering?
do you want to see me suffering?
how could you let a good thing go?
how could you let a good thing go?
i won’t ever let you go
i won’t ever let you go
i won’t ever let you go
i won’t ever let you go