Diamonds And Rust

Well I'll be damned Here comes your ghost again But that's not unusual Its just that the moon is full And you happened to call And here I sit Hand on the telephone I'm 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 robins' eggs My poetry was lousy you said Where are you calling from? A booth in mid-west Ten years ago I bought you some cuff-links You bought me something We both know what memories can bring They bring diamonds and rust 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 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 of the window of that crummy hotel Over Washington square Our breath comes out of white clouds Mingles and hangs in the air Speaking strictly for me We both could have died then and there Now your telling me Your not nostalgic Then give me another word for it You who are so good with words And keeping things vague 'Cos I need some of that vagueness now Its all come back too clearly Yes I loved you dearly And if you're offering diamonds and rust I've already paid _ ambChile