Diamonds And Rust      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   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   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   Could 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   I've already paid