Diamond Dogs Lyrics
David Bowie
Lyrics
As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent
You asked for the latest party
With a silicon hump and your ten-inch stump
Dressed like a priest you was, Todd Browning streak he was
Crawling down the alley on your hands and knees
I'm know 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 killer pin
BRIDGE
(Here they come) I keep a friend serene
(Here they come) Oh, baby, come unto me
(Here they come) Well, she's come, been, and gone
Come out of the doorway, baby
You'll catch your death in the fog
Young girl, they call them the Diamond Dogs
Young girl, they call them the Diamond Dogs
That Halloween Jack is a real cool cat
And 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
Meets his little hussey with his ghost town approach
Her face her saddest feature but she wears a Dali brooch
Sweetly reminiscent, something mother used to bake
Wrecked up and paralysed, Diamond Dogs are civilised
BRIDGE
Woo-ooh-hoo-oo, call them the Diamond Dogs
Woo-ooh-hoo-oo, call them the Diamond Dogs
Ooooooooh ...
In the year of the scavenger, season of the bitch
They sashay on the boardwalk, scurry to the ditch
Just another future song, lonely little kitsch
(There's gonna be sirens) Try and wake up tomorrow
BRIDGE
Woo-ooh-hoo-oo, call them the Diamond Dogs
Woo-ooh-hoo-oo, call them the Diamond Dogs
Woo-ooh-hoo-oo, call them the Diamond Dogs
Woo-ooh-hoo-oo, call them the Diamond Dogs
Call them the Diamond Dogs
Woo-ooh-hoo-oo call them the Diamond Dogs
Yeah ... oo-ooh-hoo-oo call them the Diamond Dogs
Woo-ooh-hoo-oo call them the Diamond Dogs, call them, they call them
Keep cool!
Diamond Dogs rule
OK?
Beware of the Diamond Dogs
Beware of the Diamond Dogs
Beware of the Diamond Dogs, yeah. oh
Beware of the Diamond Dogs, yeah, oh
Song & Lyrics Facts
David Bowie's "Diamond Dogs" is a song from his 1974 album of the same name. The track was written by David Bowie and released as a single in May 1974, becoming one of his most successful singles in the UK.
The band featured on the recording included Mike Garson on piano, Herbie Flowers on bass, Alan Parker on guitar and Aynsley Dunbar on drums. The lyrics for "Diamond Dogs" tell a story about a post-apocalyptic world where humanity has been replaced by animals. The song also includes references to Orwell's novel 1984. The song peaked at number 21 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it Bowie's first Top 40 hit in the United States.