Diamonds Lyrics - Singles - The Mekons

Sly like a magpie's shared between the species 

Something there glitters, the theft is made 

Gold speckled waters, the source unfound 

Slips through wet fingers back under ground 

The reason for the voyage hasn't been forgot 

The trail's not cold, the coals are hot 

The crew draw back together like magnets 

Salmon at sea that head back to fresh water 

To the head of the stream and the inevitable slaughter 

Carry the future back off down the river 

Affection explained in a watched world 

There's nothing of magic in this shining pearl 

The water gets red with the rust of an anchor 

The blood and the paint from the towns that got captured 

Where something dissolved and got free in the current 

Locked in black boxes they'll find their way 

Thrown out on the highway they get home just the same 

Each fishy sparkles again and again 

Where rough diamonds lie 

A lens that bends all light 

Will change and shape to suit its eye 

Where rough diamonds lie 

Affection explained in a watched world 

There's nothing of magic in this shining pearl 

Where rough diamonds lie