Tom Waits Diamond in Your Mind

I shook hands with the president and the pope in Rome

I've been to parties where I had to be flown

This told me everything is sacred, nothing is profane

And money is something that you throw off of the back of a train

 

Always keep a diamond in your mind

Always keep a diamond in your mind

Wherever you may wander, wherever you may roam

Always keep a diamond in your mind

 

Steamer of gravy and the little fried pearls

Floating like a necklace on a beautiful girl

And Chalmers said "thanks" for the food and the land

And something about God that I just don't understand

 

Always keep a diamond in your mind

Always keep a diamond in your mind

Wherever you may wander, wherever you may roam

Always keep a diamond in your mind

 

She's got the milk of human kindness and the fat of the lamb

Skin like a baby, but she drives like a man

She lives in Natchez where she operates a crane

She's like a wrecking ball that's no longer connected to the chain

 

Zerelda Samuel said she ain't never prayed

Since her right arm was blown off in the Pinkerton raid

They lashed her to a windmill with '3-fingered Dave'

Now she's 102, drinking juleps in the shade

 

Always keep a diamond in your mind

Always keep a diamond in your mind

Wherever you may wander, wherever you may roam

Always keep a diamond in your mind

 

Always keep a diamond in your mind

Always keep a diamond in your mind

Wherever you may wander, wherever you may roam

Always keep a diamond in your mind

 

Always keep a diamond in your mind

Always keep a diamond in your mind

Wherever you may wander, wherever you may roam

Always keep a diamond in your mind

 

Always keep a diamond in your mind

Always keep a diamond in your mind