Diamond Sutra (sections 31-32) - yihan

Take off your head to left me in So I can understand you Take off your hands so I can feel If there is anything left inside of you Remember to smile While I cut out what's bad inside of you Remember to cry, to pretend you're alive While I hide inside of you Sections of life Reflections of pain In this mirror, we all look the same How can I see what you are When you're not anything that I am? How can you be what I was When it's something you could never understand?

There is a man you'll hear about Most any place you go And his holdings are in Texas And his name is Diamond Joe He carries all his money In a diamond-studded jar An' he never was much bothered By the process of the law Hired out to Diamond Joe, boys I did offer him my hand And he gave me a string of horses So old they couldn't stand I like to starve to death, boys He did mistreat me so I never saved a dollar In the pay of Diamond Joe Now, his bread, it was corn dodger And his meat I couldn't chaw And he kept me well distracted With the waggin' of his jaw And the tellin' of his stories I aim to let you know There never was a rounder Who lied like Diamond Joe Now, I tried three times to quit him, boys But he did argue so And I'm still punchin' cattle In the pay of Diamond Joe But when I'm called up a'yonder And come my time to go Give my blankets to my buddies Give the fleas to Diamond Joe

Could've been me beside you, baby Could've been me beside you But I wasn't smart Isn't it kind of funny, baby Isn't it kind of funny, Two of us apart Sayin' it's kind of funny, baby But it's the kind of funny That can break your heart All through the night I can see you All through the night I call your name Close my eyes and I see you coming back to me Wonder, could it be that way again And I lie awake And think of what we could have been While you're lying there with him Could've been me beside you, baby Could've been me beside you I should be that guy Sayin' it's kind of funny But it's the kind of funny That can make you cry All through the night I can see you All through the night I call your name Close my eyes and I see you coming back to me But I know that it's only in my head 'Cause I lie awake And think of what I should have said And you're there with him instead Should've been me beside you, baby Should've been me beside you I should be that guy Never had time to take you dancin' Never had time for dancin' And I don't know why Isn't it time we got together Isn't it time we try it Back to you and I Could've been me beside you, baby Could've been me beside you I should be that guy Could've been me beside you, baby Could've been me beside you