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
Would 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
Joan Baez在60-70年代被尊为美国的民谣皇后。她的歌喉被公认为是一个奇迹,未经正规训练却朴实无华,声音高低错落有致,不时以激情传神,音质柔和,令人过耳不忘。她的吉他演奏技术不断巩固,轻快流畅,而且日趋精湛。她的这种别具一格似乎离了正题,但不管偏到哪儿,甚至偏向乡村音乐,她也堪称为又一代风格大师。她是个才气横溢的女子,能写能唱能弹。她和另一位民谣大师dylan亦师亦友的关系,造就了民谣经典:diamond and rust。他们两人直到现在还活跃在美国乐坛...她的故事就是一代传奇。Joan Baez - Donna Donna
On a waggon bound for market
there`s a calf with a mournful eye.
High above him there`s a swallow,
winging swiftly through the sky.
How the winds are laughing,
they laugh with all their might.
Laugh and laugh the whole day through,
and half the summer`s night.
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna; Donna, Donna, Donna, Don.
Donna, Donna, Donna, Donna; Donna, Donna, Donna, Don.
"Stop complaining!“ said the farmer,
Who told you a calf to be ?
Why don`t you have wings to fly with,
like the swallow so proud and free?“ + Chorus
Calves are easily bound and slaughtered,
never knowing the reason why.
But whoever treasures freedom,
like the swallow has learned to fly. + Chorus
I couldn't sleep last night
There was something on my mind
I lay there wishing in the dark
Someone could tell me why
If you love somebody
from the bottom of your heart
Why do you hurt each other
How does it fall apart?
An' then I heard a voice
as she sat down on my bed
And I can still remember
The words my mama said
Chorus:
Love can give, love can take
Love can bend and love can break
When you think it's over, it's not the end
Don't give in, just be strong
And please remember son, my mama said
There aren't no broken heart love cannot mend
My mama said, no one knows
What your life has got in store
You may go walking on the moon
You may be rich or poor
But I know for certain
If you try to reach the stars
Anything is possible
Your dreams are what you are
But when it comes to matters of the heart
There is no guarantees
All that I can say to you
Is what my mama said to me
chorus:
So one day in my lifetime
When my world falls apart
I won't cry, I'll just tell my heart
My heart...........