Title: Diamonds And Rust Artist: Joan Baez Composer: Joan Baez ===============================
Well I'll be damned 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 robins' eggs My poetry was lousy you said Where are you calling from? A booth in the mid-west
Ten years ago I bought you some cuff~links You bought 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 Just the girl on the half~shell Could keep you unharmed
Now I see you standing with brown leaves falling all around and smell in your hair
Now you're smiling out of the window of that crummy hotel over Washington square
Our breath comes out of white clouds Mingles and hangs in the air
Speaking strictly for me We both could have died then and there
Well, you're telling me You're not nostalgic then give me another word for it You who're so good with words And it's keeping things vague 'Cos I need some of that vagueness now It all come back too clearly Yes, I loved you dearly And if you're offering me diamonds and rust I have already paid