Diamond Mine-Richard Clapton

[ti:Diamond Mine] [ar:Richard Clapton] [al:Best Years 1974-2014 The 40th Anniversary Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.42]Diamond Mine - Richard Clapton [00:01.12]Written by：Richard Clapton/Colin Coorie [00:01.58] [00:20.80]The city haze in the summertime [00:23.62] [00:26.02]The traffic rolls like a serpentine [00:28.71] [00:30.02]Sitting down here by the harbor [00:31.91] [00:32.57]With a six pack of cold beer [00:34.29] [00:35.16]So many thoughts fly round my head [00:37.19] [00:37.74]And then they disappear [00:38.84] [00:41.00]Back in the days when I was young [00:43.47] [00:45.85]I found a place where I belonged [00:48.48] [00:50.05]But there's been so many changes [00:52.59]Innocence got complicated [00:54.30] [00:55.08]I'm a prisoner of my dreams [00:56.74] [00:57.55]And this tangled web I've weaved [00:59.22] [01:00.80]Lost my way in the city lights [01:03.49] [01:05.05]Now I try too hard to make up the time [01:08.67] [01:10.32]The journey doesn't end here [01:12.03] [01:12.58]And the end is not in sight [01:14.32] [01:15.02]If I keep on digging deeper [01:16.73] [01:17.57]There'll be diamonds down the mine [01:19.31] [01:20.81]Long ago in the underworld [01:23.49] [01:25.64]I was down and out 'til I met a girl [01:28.54] [01:30.00]And she never tried to change me [01:31.89] [01:32.49]And I knew she trusted in me [01:34.39] [01:34.95]Led me through her garden gate [01:37.50]'Til I finally found my way [01:39.18] [01:40.87]The road is dark and it ain't too clear [01:43.81] [01:45.83]Whatever things have brought me here [01:48.51] [01:49.97]Sometimes brings me so undone [01:51.64] [01:52.51]And I knew this day would come [01:54.28] [01:55.17]When I would finally see [01:56.80] [01:57.49]Through the shadows of my dreams [01:59.11] [02:00.77]Lost my way in the city lights [02:03.54] [02:05.02]Now I try too hard to make up the time [02:08.74] [02:10.07]Looking back over my shoulder [02:11.84] [02:12.57]At the shadows of my dreams [02:14.29] [02:15.13]Though I can't escape the future [02:16.72] [02:17.54]Trying to fight my way upstream [02:19.39] [02:20.84]Though I know there's so far to go [02:24.08] [02:25.05]There's so much to do so much room to grow [02:28.95] [02:30.20]The journey doesn't end here [02:32.65]I can make up for lost time [02:34.23] [02:34.99]If I keep on digging deeper [02:36.88] [02:37.51]There'll be diamonds down the mine [02:40.48] [03:00.76]I'm sitting down by the harbor side [03:03.60] [03:05.74]So many things flying round my mind [03:09.03] [03:09.95]Can't stop thinking about you baby [03:11.53] [03:12.48]You have brought me so much good [03:14.37] [03:15.12]I wish that I could find the words [03:17.54]But I'm so misunderstood [03:18.93] [03:20.78]Lost my way in the city lights [03:23.58] [03:25.02]Now I try too hard to make up the time [03:28.69] [03:30.26]The journey doesn't end here [03:31.99] [03:32.50]And the end is not in sight [03:34.16] [03:35.10]If I keep on digging deeper [03:36.63] [03:37.58]There'll be diamonds down the mine [03:39.84] [03:40.82]I thought that I had a poet's mind [03:43.63] [03:45.89]I've tried so hard but I can't describe [03:48.89] [03:50.09]What it is about you baby [03:51.82] [03:52.52]I can't seem to get it right [03:54.31] [03:55.01]But my every imperfection [03:56.81] [03:57.54]You have filled up with your light [03:59.20] [04:00.81]Lost my way in the city lights [04:03.53] [04:05.06]Now I try too hard to make up the time [04:08.72] [04:10.14]Looking back over my shoulder [04:11.89] [04:12.54]At the shadows of my dreams [04:14.22] [04:15.16]Though I can't escape the future [04:16.83] [04:17.58]Trying to fight my way upstream [04:19.56] [04:20.85]Though I know there's so far to go [04:24.04] [04:25.04]There's so much to do so much room to grow [04:28.89] [04:30.04]The journey doesn't end here [04:31.95] [04:32.52]I can make up for lost time [04:34.38] [04:35.04]If I keep on digging deeper [04:36.95] [04:37.51]There'll be diamonds down the mine