I Gave My Love A Diamond

I gave my love a diamond, a ten cent stone

I gave her lonely teardrops and nights alone

I gave my love a promise that had no truth

What good is a promise without no truth?



I gave my love a fortune in silver and gold

I gave it to her lie by lie by lie by lie that I had told

I gave my love a story that had no end

What good is a story that's got no end? Tell me



I wrote her that we'd get married in about one year's time

I wrote her in a boxcar on the memphis line

I sent my love a letter without no stamp - ha

And what good is a letter without no stamp?



Goodbye baby

I'm feelin' so alone I'm movin' on

I ain't got no tall tale

Don't call me - I'll call you

See ya