DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH
Sitting, waiting, measuring out time
In TV programmes and red wine
Does she mind, does she mind?
Where there once was a river there's now a lake
How much can she store, what will it take
Until she breaks? (Not, will she break?)
How long till she breaks?
She shuts her eyes, she bites her lip
Goes with the trip, but she's slipping away
This Diamond in the Rough is cut up
By the rut that shuts doors in her face
Chorus
She's a Diamond in the Rough
She says "I don't like all of this stuff
I keep on spiking my system"
She's a Diamond in the Rough
She says "My life wouldn't be so tough
If there was just somebody listening'"
Smiling wearily, she wishes for change
Pins all her hopes on anything strange
But it's all the same, all the same
Her facets are fading thru' the passing years
They disappear
They wash away with her tears
Don't close your eyes, don't bite your lip
Don't lose your grip, I want you to shine
But Diamond you must know, as I do
You're in the wrong place at the wrong time
Chorus
Half Chorus
She's a Diamond in the Rough
She says "I don't like all of this stuff
I keep on spiking my system"
She's a Diamond
Copyright Mathie 1986