Baez Joan Diamonds And Rust Lyrics

Diamonds And Rust Lyrics

"Diamonds and Rust"  by Judas Priest (original lyrics by Joan Baez)

 

 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 the voice I'd known

 a couple of light years ago

 headed 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

 

 Now I see you standing with brown leaves all around and snow in your hair

 Now we're smiling out the window of the crummy hotel over washington square

 Our breath comes out white clouds, mingles and hangs in the air

 Speaking strictly for me

 we both could've died then and there

 

 Now you're telling me you're not nostalgic

 then give me another word for it

 you were so good with words

 and at keeping things vague

 

 cause 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

 

 But we both know what memories can bring

 they bring Diamonds and Rust

 yes we both know what memories can bring

 they bring Diamonds and Rust

 

 Diamonds, Diamonds and Rust

 Diamonds, Diamonds and Rust

 Diamonds, Diamonds and Rust

 Diamonds, Diamonds and Rust