Diamond Dogs
By: David Bowie
Original Performance: David Bowie
Written by: David Bowie

Version Of: Diamond Dogs

This Version:
 
Lyrics:
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 the alley 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

Oo-oo-ooh, oo-oo-ooh, oo-oo-ooh
Oo-oo-ooh, call them the Diamond Dogs
Oo-oo-ooh, call them the Diamond Dogs
Oo-oo-ooh, call them the Diamond Dogs, Dogs
Oo-oo-ooh, call them the Diamond Dogs, Dogs
Oo-oo-ooh, call them the Diamond Dogs, Dogs
 
Live:

Played live 14 times:
Earliest known live version: June 23, 2001
Latest known live version: August 19, 2001