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 And I fear them so to tremble For I'm no mother, I Just some random defender I remember runnin' chest-high In the steppe grass At the dawn of man When we got along I remember runnin' 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 slept astride our horses Tied fast 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 to small to know A gaslight's winter Marches on refinery legs. And what can i tell you now? It sped away along the canal And drummed mosquito clouds From their dens of hot tires For miles. I remember runnin' chest-high In the steppe grass At the dawn of man I remember runnin' chest-high In the steppe grass At the dawn of man When we got along Oh, petroleum You're the top predator now Soverign, lover, liar. But you're uninspired too According to your anthem, you. Oh, petroleum You're the top predator now And I am just desire Yes, 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. You are beautiful But so am I I'm a dirty diamond lying looking at the sky I'm a dirty diamond lying looking at the sky