[ti:Diamonds & Rust] [ar:JOAN BAEZ] [al:Diamonds & Rust] [00:02.19] [00:06.07]Diamonds & Rust [00:16.13]JOAN BAEZ [00:23.38] [00:27.47]Well, I'll be damned [00:30.64]Here comes your ghost again [00:34.28]But that's not unusual [00:37.99]It's just that the moon is full and you happened to call [00:46.36]And here I sit hand on the telephone [00:52.74]Hearing a voice I'd known a couple of light years ago [01:00.27]Heading straight for a fall [01:08.33]As I remember your eyes [01:11.04]Were bluer than robin's eggs [01:14.55]My poetry was lousy you said [01:18.39]Where are you calling from? [01:22.46]A booth in the midwest [01:26.70]Ten years ago I bought you some cufflinks [01:33.12]You brought me something [01:37.20]We both know what memories can bring [01:40.65]They bring diamonds and rust [02:05.42]Well,you burst on the scene already a legend [02:11.83]The unwashed phenomenon [02:15.78]The original vagabond [02:19.18]You strayed into my arms [02:24.41]And there you stayed temporarily lost at sea [02:30.06]The Madonna was yours for free [02:34.07]Yes,the girl on the half-shell [02:37.59]Could keep you unharmed [02:44.43]Now I see you standing with brown leaves falling around [02:49.44]And snow in your hair [02:53.04]Now you're smiling out the window of that crummy hotel over Washington Square [03:00.61]Our breath comes out white clouds [03:02.98]Mingles and hangs in the air [03:07.82]Speaking strictly for me [03:10.32]We both could have died then and there [03:33.87]Now you're telling me [03:36.70]You're not nostalgic [03:40.35]Then give me another word for it [03:44.36]You who are so good with words [03:47.79]And at keeping things vague [03:52.58]Because I need some of that vagueness now [03:54.87]It's all come bk too clearly [03:58.60]Yes I loved you dearly [04:02.25]And if you're offering me diamonds and rust [04:06.42]I've already paid