Diamonds And Rust

I'll be damned

here comes your ghost again

but that's not unusual

it's just that the moon is full

and you decided 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



Well 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



Now you're standing all around with snow in your hair

Now we're looking out the window of that crummy hotel

over Washington Square

Our breath comes out white clouds

mingles and hangs in the air

Speaking strickly for me

we both could have died then and there...



Now you're telling me

you're not nostalgic

Then I'll give you another word for it

You were so good with words

and at keeping things vague

Because I need some of that vagueness now

it's all come back too clearly

Oh I loved you dearly

and if you're offering me diamonds and rust

I've already paid



Well 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

I don't want no more diamonds

diamonds and rust