(a-wa) o kodwa u zo-nge li-sa namhlange
(a-wa a-wa) si-bona kwenze ka kanjani
(a-wa a-wa) amanto mbazane ayeza

She's a rich girl
She don't try to hide it
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes


He's a poor boy
Empty as a pocket

Empty as a pocket with nothing to lose
Sing ta na na
Ta na na na

She got diamonds on the soles of her shoes
She got diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes

Diamonds on the soles of her shoes

People say she's crazy

She got diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Well that's one way to lose these
Walking blues

Diamonds on the soles of her shoes

She was physically forgotten

Then she slipped into my pocket
With my car keys
She said you've taken me for granted

Because I please you
Wearing these diamonds


And I could say oo oo oo



As if everybody knows
What I'm talking about
As if everybody would know

Exactly what I was talking about
Talking about diamonds on the soles of her shoes


She makes the sign of a teaspoon
He makes the sign of a wave
The poor boy changes clothes

And puts on after-shave
To compensate for his ordinary shoes


And she said honey take me dancing
But they ended up by sleeping
In a doorway

By the bodegas and the lights on
Upper broadway
Wearing diamonds on the soles of their shoes


And I could say oo oo oo
As if everybody here would know

What I was talking about
I mean everybody here would know exactly
What I was talking about

Talking about diamonds

People say I'm crazy

I got diamonds on the soles of my shoes
Well that's one way to lose
These walking blues

Diamonds on the soles of your shoes