[ti:Diamonds And Rust] [ar:Joan Baez] [al:I Write The Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Diamonds and Rust - Joan Baez (琼·贝兹) [00:14.21]Written by:Joan Baez [00:28.43]I'll be damned [00:31.24]Here comes your ghost again [00:34.73]But that's not unusual [00:38.17]It's just that the moon is full [00:41.66]And you happened to call [00:46.77]And here I sit [00:48.96]Hand on the telephone [00:53.33]Hearing a voice I'd known [00:56.70]A couple of light years ago [01:00.44]Heading straight for a fall [01:08.87]As I remember your eyes [01:11.55]Were bluer than robin's eggs [01:14.86]My poetry was lousy you said [01:18.41]Where are you calling from [01:22.66]A booth in the midwest [01:28.21]Ten years ago [01:30.02]I bought you some cufflinks [01:33.70]You brought me something [01:34.76]We both know what memories can bring [01:40.63]They bring diamonds and rust [02:06.28]Well you burst on the scene [02:08.77]Already a legend [02:12.02]The unwashed phenomenon [02:15.82]The original vagabond [02:19.26]You strayed into my arms [02:23.94]And there you stayed [02:26.81]Temporarily lost at sea [02:30.36]The Madonna was yours for free [02:34.04]Yes the girl on the half-shell [02:38.10]Would keep you unharmed [02:42.34]Now I see you standing [02:47.46]With brown leaves falling around [02:49.09]And snow in your hair [02:53.26]Now you're smiling out the window [02:55.01]Of that crummy hotel [02:56.20]Over Washington Square [03:00.63]Our breath comes out white clouds [03:03.00]Mingles and hangs in the air [03:07.74]Speaking strictly for me [03:10.24]We both could have died then and there [03:19.98]Now you're telling me [03:36.20]You're not nostalgic [03:40.44]Then give me another word for it [03:44.69]You who are so good with words [03:48.50]And at keeping things vague [03:52.81]Because I need some of that vagueness now [03:55.18]It's all come back too clearly [03:58.68]Yes I loved you dearly [04:02.29]And if you're offering me diamonds and rust [04:06.41]I've already paid