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Diamonds Into Dust

from Light In The Dark by Matt Nakoa

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Music by Matt Nakoa. Lyrics by Matt Nakoa & Jared Salvatore

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Diamonds Into Dust

In a city of coal you picked dirty ol’ me
Straight from the ground where I’d waited for centuries
You brushed off my face and when the soot settled
I wondered why you’d waste your time picking up pebbles

You said, “I know coal and that ain’t you”
Said you’d wear me around like a precious jewel.

Once I was your diamond in the rough
But darlin’, your touch turns diamonds into dust.

I tried my best to shine. Was it ever quite enough?
Surely your love should never lack luster
And it might’ve been the pressure, may have been the heat
Dying to become what I was always gonna be

All the weight
All the heat
Oh my love
You crushed me.

Once I was your diamond in the rough
Love, I was your diamond in the rough
Well darlin’, your touch turns diamonds into dust.

Now I don’t love to dig you up
No, I don’t love to dig you up
I don’t love to dig you up
No, I don’t love to dig you up that much.

Now I know you’re a diamond too
Only the real thing could cut like you

Once I was your diamond in the rough
Love, I was your diamond in the rough
So what!? I was your diamond in the rough
Darlin’, your touch turns diamonds into dust.

credits

from Light In The Dark, released March 17, 2012
Matt Nakoa - vocals, piano, acoustic guitars. Ryan Harris Brown - electric guitar. Eric French - electric guitar. Walter Skorupski - bass. Corey Schreppel - drums.

Recorded by James Zaner @ Bluejay Studios, Neale Eckstein @ Fox Run Studios, & Corey Schreppel @ The Schrepcot Center.
Mixed by Corey Schreppel @ The Schrepcot Center
Mastered by Jonathan Wyner @ M-Works Mastering
Produced by Matt Nakoa & Corey Schreppel

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Matt Nakoa New York

Matt Nakoa is an award-winning songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. A modern troubadour, he makes his home on the highways and concert stages of America, and appears regularly with folk music icon Tom Rush. The Boston Globe says of Nakoa, “Between his piano chops and heartfelt originals on guitar, he drops jaws.” ... more

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