Diamonds and Rust-Judy Collins

[00:11.80]Well I'll be damned [00:13.78]Here comes your ghost again [00:17.70]But that's not unusual [00:20.31]It's just that the moon is full [00:23.58]And you happend to call [00:28.11]And here I sit [00:30.66]Hand on the telephone [00:34.60]Hearing a voice [00:35.71]I'd known a couple of light years ago [00:40.21]Heading straight for a fall [00:48.25]As I remember your eyes [00:50.87]Were bluer than robin's eggs [00:53.91]My poetry was lousy, you said [00:57.64]"Where are you calling from?" [01:01.90]"A booth in the midwest" [01:05.90]Forty years ago [01:07.68]I bought you some cufflinks [01:11.31]You brought me something [01:14.59]We both know what memory can bring [01:17.99]They bring diamonds and rust [01:25.54]Well, you burst on the scene [01:28.26]Already a legend [01:31.58]The unwashed phenomenon [01:34.62]The original vagabond [01:37.93]You strayed into my arms [01:42.80]And there you stayed [01:44.75]Temporarily lost at sea [01:48.20]The Madonna was yours for free [01:51.55]Yes, the girl on the half-shell [01:55.28]Could keep you unharm [02:02.50]Now I see you standing [02:04.38]With brown leaves falling all around [02:06.22]And snow in the air [02:09.19]Now you're smiling out the window [02:11.19]Of that crummy hotel [02:12.65]Over Washington Square [02:15.70]Our breath comes out white clouds [02:18.61]Mingles and hangs in the air [02:22.43]Speaking strictly for me [02:24.29]We both could have died then and there [02:39.49]Now you're telling me [02:42.39]You're not nostalgic [02:45.76]Then give me another word for it [02:49.31]You who're so good with words [02:52.43]And at keeping things vague [02:56.60]Cause I need some of that vagueness now [02:59.49]It's all come back too clearly [03:02.55]Yes I once loved you dearly [03:05.54]And if you're offering me diamonds and rust [03:09.34]I've already paid