You are my red-eyed pea My red strawberry seed The peach on my family tree You are my blue-eyed seed You are my bee-like buzz Soft as the hummers’ hum The beat of the drummers’ drum The red of the new blue sun You were born in golden name To shake the golden out of me A violin of sin or swim Or sink or sing or just for me A water wing or guarded lover Love to me you’ll always be My dirty diamond golden eyelid Dying right in front of me Mother keep pushing, I see a crown The stress from your casting is beautiful now Give him a blanket, he’ll always be fed But he’ll never make it cause of all that we did We’ll give him a blood trail, give him a name A house in the quicksand, a parade in the rain A brother, a sister who’ll get just the same And we’ll tell them we’re sorry they got hooked to our chain You were born in golden name To shake the golden out of me A violin of sin or swim Or sink or sing or just for me A water wing or guarded lover Love to me you’ll always be My dirty diamond golden eyelid Dying right in front of me