Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
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Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1ā5
13 : 31
2
Welcome to the Machine
07 : 31
3
Have a Cigar
05 : 07
4
Wish You Were Here
05 : 34
5
Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 6ā9
12 : 27
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Track Lyrics
Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1ā5 Lyrics
[Part I: 0:00-3:53]
[Instrumental]
[Part II: 3:53-6:26]
[Instrumental]
[Part III: 6:26-8:40]
[Instrumental]
[Part IV: 8:40-11:08]
[Verse 1: Roger Waters, Roger Waters & Richard Wright]
Remember when you were young? (Hahahaha)
You shone like the Sun
[Refrain: Roger Waters & David Gilmour]
Shine on, you crazy diamond
[Verse 2: Roger Waters, Roger Waters & Richard Wright]
Now there's a look in your eyes
Like black holes in the sky
[Refrain: Roger Waters & David Gilmour]
Shine on, you crazy diamond
[Chorus: Roger Waters]
You were caught in 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
[Verse 3: Roger Waters, Roger Waters & Richard Wright]
You reached for the secret too soon
You cried for the Moon
[Refrain: Roger Waters & David Gilmour]
Shine on, you crazy diamond
[Verse 4: Roger Waters, Roger Waters & Richard Wright]
Threatened by shadows at night
And exposed in the light
[Refrain: Roger Waters & David Gilmour]
Shine on (Shine on), you crazy diamond (You crazy diamond)
[Chorus: Roger Waters]
Well, you wore out your welcome with random precision
Rode on the steel breeze
Come on, you raver, you seer of visions
Come on, you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine
[Part V: 11:08-13:31]
[Instrumental]
Welcome to the Machine Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1: David Gilmour]
Welcome my son
Welcome to the machine
Where have you been?
It's all right, we know where you've been
You've been in the pipeline filling in time
Provided with toys and scouting for boys
You bought a guitar to punish your ma
You didn't like school and you know you're nobody's fool
[Refrain]
So welcome to the machine
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2: David Gilmour]
Welcome my son
Welcome to the machine
What did you dream?
It's all right, we told you what to dream
You dreamed of a big star
He played a mean guitar
He always ate in the Steak Bar
He loved to drive in his Jaguar
[Refrain]
So welcome to the machine
[Synthesizer Solo]
[Outro]
(*People talking and laughing*)
Have a Cigar Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1: Roy Harper]
Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar
You're gonna go far, you're gonna fly high
You're never gonna die
You're gonna make it if you try
They're gonna love you
Well, I've always had a deep respect
And I mean that most sincerely
The band is just fantastic
That is really what I think
Oh, by the way, which one's Pink?
[Chorus: Roy Harper]
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy?
We call it riding the gravy train
[Verse 2: Roy Harper]
We're just knocked out
We heard about the sell-out
You gotta get an album out
You owe it to the people
We're so happy, we can hardly count
Everybody else is just green
Have you seen the chart?
It's a hell of a start
It could be made into a monster
If we all pull together as a team, oh
[Chorus: Roy Harper]
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy?
We call it riding the gravy train
[Guitar Solo Outro]
Wish You Were Here Lyrics
[Intro]
"And disciplinary remains mercifully"
"Yes and um, Iām with you, Derek, this star nonsense"
"Yes, yes"
"Now which is it?"
"I am sure of it"
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 1: David Gilmour]
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell? Blue skies from pain?
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?
[Verse 2: David Gilmour]
Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change? Did you exchange
A walk-on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus: David Gilmour]
How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl, year after year
Running over the same old ground, what have we found?
The same old fears, wish you were here
[Instrumental Outro]
Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 6ā9 Lyrics
[Part VI: 0:00 - 4:38]
[Instrumental]
[Part VII: 4:38 - 6:02]
[Verse 1: Roger Waters, Roger Waters & Richard Wright]
Nobody knows where you are
How near or how far
[Refrain: Roger Waters & David Gilmour]
Shine on (Shine on), you crazy diamond (You crazy diamond)
[Verse 2: Roger Waters, Roger Waters & Richard Wright]
Pile on many more layers
And I'll be joining you there
[Refrain: Roger Waters & David Gilmour]
Shine on (Shine on), you crazy diamond (You crazy diamond)
[Chorus: Roger Waters]
And we'll bask in the shadow of yesterday's triumph
And sail on the steel breeze
Come on, you boy child, you winner and loser
Come on, you miner for truth and delusion, and shine!
[Part VIII: 6:02 - 9:00]
[Instrumental]
[Part IX: 9:00 - 12:27]
[Instrumental]