Karaoké Diamonds and Rust Joan Baez

Well I'll be damned

Here comes your ghost again

But that's not unusual it's just that the moon is full and you happened 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

As I remember your eyes were bluer than robin's eggs

My poetry was lousy you said

Where are you calling from?

A booth in the midwest

Ten years ago

I bought you some cufflinks

You brought me something

We both know what memories can bring they bring diamonds and rust

Well you burst on the scene already a legend

The unwashed phenomenon

The original vagabond

You strayed into my arms

And there you stayed temporarily lost at sea

The Madonna was yours for free

Yes the girl on the half-shell to keep you unharmed

Now I see you standing with brown leaves falling around and snow in your hair

Now you're smiling out the window of that crummy hotel over Washington Square

Our breath comes out white clouds mingles and hangs in the air speaking strictly for me

We both could have died then and there

Now you're telling me you're not nostalgic

Then give me another word for it

You who are so good with words and at keeping things vague

Because I need some of that vagueness now it's all come back too clearly

Yes I loved you dearly and if you're offering me diamonds and rust

I've already paid