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