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 Sixty 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 Would 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 And I'll take the diamonds
Joan Baez has a very beautiful voice -very graceful! This song is of her best ever, and the "Night They RolledOld Dixie Down." She was of the 60'sprotests. That was the era when Americans demanded better changes. The people of America were very strong. Finally, Johnson and Nixon realized the people of Americawere not weak but strong in unity. Joan lives in San Mateo county Ca. if I can recall. Baez, Joan has NOT lost her voice quality after 45 years! Go darling! We love you!
What a legend..I grew up with her,dylan, pink Floyd… exposed to a vast variety of music. I am older now, but know music connects our souls & joins us together !
I've never seen this live version of the song before. What a woman and that last line was so triumphant and long overdue. She deserves the diamonds. He brought her mostly rust.
Still so beautiful and talented
DIAMONDS AND RUST
(Words and Music by 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
Sixty 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
Would 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
And I'll take the diamonds
Eternity.
I'll take the Diamonds. . .
ain't she's just adorable?
Joan Baez has a very beautiful voice -very graceful! This song is of her best ever, and the "Night They RolledOld Dixie Down." She was of the 60'sprotests.
That was the era when Americans demanded better changes. The people of America
were very strong. Finally, Johnson and Nixon realized the people of Americawere not weak but strong in unity. Joan lives in San Mateo county Ca. if I can recall.
Baez, Joan has NOT lost her voice quality after 45 years! Go darling! We love you!
what a beautiful performance with herprofound lyrics!
This song is 40 years old. Timeless. Super songs live forever.
What a legend..I grew up with her,dylan, pink Floyd… exposed to a vast variety of music. I am older now, but know music connects our souls & joins us together !
50 years ago I bought you some cufflinks
… Brilliant! Love it!
wow, sounds the same after 40 years, RARE
ich kannte den Song nur von Judas Priest. Coole Version
I only knew this song from Judas Priest. Very good version
Live how Joan sings this song
I've never seen this live version of the song before. What a woman and that last line was so triumphant and long overdue. She deserves the diamonds. He brought her mostly rust.
歳をとっても歌えるって素敵です。
She was the real deal of the folk scene.
this woman is aging amazingly well.