Diamonds and Rust
Joan Baez"Diamonds and Rust" is a song by Joan Baez, released in 2000 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:06 long and contains 50 lines and 251 words.
Lyrics
0:28Well I'll be d**ned
0:31Here comes your ghost again
0:34But that's not unusual
0:38It's just that the moon is full
0:41And you happened to call
0:46And here I sit
0:49Hand on the telephone
0:53Hearing a voice I'd known
0:56A couple of light years ago
1:00Heading straight for a fall
1:08As I remember your eyes
1:11Were bluer than robin's eggs
1:15My poetry was lousy you said
1:19Where are you calling from
1:22A booth in the midwest
1:28Ten years ago
1:29I bought you some cufflinks
1:33You brought me something
1:37We both know what memories can bring
1:40They bring diamonds and rust
2:06Well you burst on the scene
2:08Already a legend
2:12The unwashed phenomenon
2:15The original vagabond
2:19You strayed into my arms
2:24And there you stayed
2:26Temporarily lost at sea
2:30The Madonna was yours for free
2:34Yes the girl on the half-shell
2:38Would keep you unharmed
2:46Now I see you standing
2:47With brown leaves falling around
2:49And snow in your hair
2:53Now you're smiling out the window
2:55Of that crummy hotel
2:56Over Washington Square
3:00Our breath comes out white clouds
3:02Mingles and hangs in the air
3:08Speaking strictly for me
3:10We both could have died then and there
3:34Now you're telling me
3:37You're not nostalgic
3:40Then give me another word for it
3:44You who are so good with words
3:48And at keeping things vague
3:52Because I need some of that vagueness now
3:55It's all come back too clearly
3:58Yes I loved you dearly
4:02And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
4:06I've already paid
Well I'll be d**ned Here comes your ghost again But that's not unusual It's just that the moon is full And you happened to call And here I sit Hand on the telephone Hearing a voice I'd known A couple of light years ago Heading straight for a fall As I remember your eyes Were bluer than robin's eggs My poetry was lousy you said Where are you calling from A booth in the midwest Ten years ago I bought you some cufflinks You brought me something We both know what memories can bring They bring diamonds and rust Well you burst on the scene Already a legend The unwashed phenomenon The original vagabond You strayed into my arms And there you stayed Temporarily lost at sea The Madonna was yours for free Yes the girl on the half-shell Would keep you unharmed Now I see you standing With brown leaves falling around And snow in your hair Now you're smiling out the window Of that crummy hotel Over Washington Square Our breath comes out white clouds Mingles and hangs in the air Speaking strictly for me We both could have died then and there Now you're telling me You're not nostalgic Then give me another word for it You who are so good with words And at keeping things vague Because I need some of that vagueness now It's all come back too clearly Yes I loved you dearly And if you're offering me diamonds and rust I've already paid
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