Jack O' Diamonds - Blind Lemon Jefferson

Yeah, I played a many thing And I never want a thing Yeah, you can find a mother hard As hard as me And I played it in the fall Never wanted a thing at all Jack of diamonds was her heart Hard to break And I fell down on my knees And pleaded the Jack of spades Never go hard, mother As hard as me I played yesterdays There was a starvation in my veins Jack of diamonds was her heart Hard to break And I payed all the dues Look at Jack in front of you Jack of diamonds was her heart Hard to break And I even (???) It was almost part of me Jack of diamonds was her heart Hard to break And I played against the law Put the judge in front the door Jack of diamonds was her heart Hard to break Oh, I played the Jack And the gall relentlessly made me cry Jack of diamonds was her heart Hard to break Yeah, left bleeding out of six And left me in a terrible bit Jack of diamonds was her heart Hard to break Yeah, I told you last week As plain as a man can speak I'm gonna send you to your pappa Big deal And I played against the king, But life can turn round Ya, come on, motherfucker I played against the king, And liked to make the daemon sing I played against the king,

Jack of diamonds, jack of diamonds I've known you of old You've robbed my poor pockets Of silver and gold Beafsteak when I'm hungry Rye whiskey when I'm dry Greenbacks when I'm hard up And heaven when I die Rye whiskey, rye whiskey Rye whiskey I cry If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die Jack of diamonds, jack of diamonds I've known you of old You've robbed my poor pockets Of silver and gold

We are diamonds We are diamonds Visualise Let darkness hold us in the moonlight I see the stars align in your eyes I'm mesmerised It's hypnotising Vulnerable The thoughts you wear will paint you beautiful Lock fears in towers and we watch them fall All in all we're broken-hearted Life works us to a state of sober But July ain't October No devils on our shoulders or on our backs This feeling should be kept majestic We need to stay connected Embracing the rejected We are diamonds in the rough Shine a light on all we touch Won't be silenced 'Cause we are diamonds Honesty Is the truth that breathes life back to me We stay awake and rock the world to sleep It's you and me Just getting started Life works us to a state of sober But July ain't October No devils on our shoulders or on our backs This feeling should be kept majestic We need to stay connected Embracing the rejected We are diamonds in the rough Shine a light on all we touch Won't be silenced 'Cause we are diamonds We are diamonds We are diamonds, oh-woah We are diamonds We are diamonds, oh-woah We are diamonds in the rough Shine a light on all we touch (All we touch) Won't be silenced 'Cause we are diamonds We are, we are, we are We are diamonds We are diamonds, oh-woah We are, we are, we are We are diamonds We are diamonds