Well I'll be dammed here comes your ghost again
But that's not unusual.
It's just that the moon is full
And you happened to call
And there sit hand on the telephone
Hearing a voice I'd known.
A couple of hight years ago
Heading straight for a fall
As I remeber your eves were bluer than robin's eggs
My poetry was lousy you said
Where are you calling from?
A booth in the midnest
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 aiready a legend
The unwatched phenomenon the original vagabond
You strayed into my arms
And there you stayed temporaely lost at sea
The madona was your's for free
Yes the girl on the half shell
Coulp keep you unharmed
Now I see you stanfing with brown leaves falling all around
And snow in your hair
Now you're smiling out the window of that crummy hotel
Over washingion souare
Our breath comes out white clouds mingles & hangs in the air
Speaking strickly for me, we both coulp've died then and their
Now you're telling me you're not nostalgic
Then gire me another word for it
you who're so good with words and at keeping things vague
Cause I need some of that vagueness now
It's all come back to clearly
Yes I loved you dearly
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
I've already paid