Sly like a magpie's shared between the species   Something there glitters, the theft is made   Gold speckled waters, the source unfound   Slips through wet fingers back under ground      The reason for the voyage hasn't been forgot   The trail's not cold, the coals are hot   The crew draw back together like magnets      Salmon at sea that head back to fresh water   To the head of the stream and the inevitable slaughter   Carry the future back off down the river      Affection explained in a watched world   There's nothing of magic in this shining pearl      The water gets red with the rust of an anchor   The blood and the paint from the towns that got captured   Where something dissolved and got free in the current      Locked in black boxes they'll find their way   Thrown out on the highway they get home just the same   Each fishy sparkles again and again      Where rough diamonds lie   A lens that bends all light   Will change and shape to suit its eye   Where rough diamonds lie      Affection explained in a watched world   There's nothing of magic in this shining pearl   Where rough diamonds lie