Diamonds And Rust

Song Diamonds And Rust
Artist Joan Baez
Album The Greatest Hits (Remastered)

Lyrics

[00:00.000] Diamonds and Rust - Joan Baez
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[00:28.134] Well I'll be damned
[00:30.986] Here comes your ghost again
[00:35.152] But that's not unusual
[00:38.103] It's just that the moon is full
[00:41.653] and you happened to call
[00:46.603] And here I sit hand on the telephone
[00:53.261] Hearing a voice I'd known a couple of light years ago
[01:00.522] Heading straight for a fall
[01:08.724] As I remember your eyes
[01:11.379] Were bluer than robin's eggs
[01:14.963] My poetry was lousy you said
[01:18.963] Where are you calling from
[01:22.415] A booth in the midwest
[01:28.066] Ten years ago I bought you some cufflinks
[01:33.673] You brought me something
[01:37.380] We both know what memories can bring
[01:40.830] They bring diamonds and rust
[01:49.883]
[02:06.040] Well you burst on the scene already a legend
[02:11.944] The unwashed phenomenon
[02:15.695] The original vagabond
[02:19.500] You strayed into my arms
[02:23.704] And there you stayed temporarily lost at sea
[02:30.305] The Madonna was yours for free
[02:34.155] Yes the girl on the half-shell
[02:38.061] Could keep you unharmed
[02:45.963] Now I see you standing with brown leaves falling around
[02:49.515] And snow in your hair
[02:53.218] Now you're smiling out the window of that crummy hotel over
[02:56.620] Washington Square
[03:00.521] Our breath comes out white clouds
[03:03.073] Mingles and hangs in the air
[03:08.076] Speaking strictly for me
[03:09.730] We both could have died then and there
[03:22.079]
[03:34.032] Now you're telling me
[03:37.266] You're not nostalgic
[03:41.068] Then give me another word for it
[03:44.819] You who are so good with words
[03:48.175] And at keeping things vague
[03:52.775] Because I need some of that vagueness now
[03:55.179] It's all come back too clearly
[03:58.934] Yes I loved you dearly
[04:02.434] And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
[04:06.537] I've already paid