We both know what memories can bring They bring diamond and rust
(我們都明白回憶帶給我們什麼。帶給我們的是鑽石與鐵鏽)
Diamonds and rust Lyric 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 were 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 diamond and rust
Well, you burst on the scene were already a legend The unwatched 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 Could keep you unharmed
Now I see you standing with brown leaves falling all 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 cloud mingles and hangs in the air Speaking strictly for me
We both could've died then and there Now you're telling me you're not nostalgic Then give me another word for it You who're so good with words and at keeping thing vague
Cause I need some of that vagueness now It's all come back too clearly
Yes , I love you dearly And if you're offering me diamonds and rust I've already paid
