Dirty Diamond - Neko Case

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 slipped astride our horses

Dry dust 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 that’s free to march

Is only

What can I tell you now

It’s better way along the canal

Draw mosquito clouds

From the dens of hot tires for miles

Draw mosquito clouds

From the 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

Starving, lover, lier

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

Ah, beautiful

But so am I

I’m the dirty diamond

Lying, looking at the sky

I’m the dirty diamond

Lying, looking at the sky