Joan Baez and Judy Collins sing “Diamonds and Rust”, a song written by Joan Baez, during the Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration at the Beacon Theatre in New York on January 27, 2016.
Joan Baez and Judy Collins sing “Diamonds and Rust”, a song written by Joan Baez, during the Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration at the Beacon Theatre in New York on January 27, 2016.
-♪ 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 -♪ 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' -♪ And the 50 years ago -[ Laughs ] -♪ I bought you some cuff links ♪ They made cuff links back then.
♪ You brought me something -♪ And we both know what memories can bring ♪ ♪ They bring diamonds and rust