“Some Days Are Diamonds” sung by John Denver
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When you asked how I’ve been
here without you
I’d like to say I’ve been fine and I do
But we both know the truth
is hard to come by
And if I told the truth that’s not quite true
Some days are diamonds, some days are stones
Sometimes the hard times won’t leave me alone
Sometimes a cold wind blows a chill in my bones
Some days are diamonds, some days are stones
Now the face that I see in my mirror
More and more is a stranger to me
More and more I can see there’s a danger
In becoming what I never thought I’d be
Some days are diamonds, some days are stones
Sometimes the hard times won’t leave me alone
Sometimes a cold wind blows a chill in my bones
Some days are diamonds, some days are stones
Some days are diamonds, some days are stones
Sometimes the hard times won’t leave me alone
But sometimes a cold wind blows a chill in my bones
Some days are diamonds, some days are stones
Some days are diamonds,
some days are stones
Sometimes the hard times
won’t leave me alone
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Dick Feller
Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone) lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
COMMENTS ON PREVIOUS SELECTION – “Sailing”
“Sailing” suggests a seeker looking for ‘home’, specifically defined at the end to be with the “Lord”. So while its not a spiritual song through most of the lyrics, at the end we learn that this has been its intent all along. The words, like those in “The Ark” (no.1), have used the notion of sailing on the water to suggest a voyage into the unconscious. Though Jesus would not have used this terminology in his time, I would not be surprised to hear him using it today, for the journey to God very much requires this kind of inner odyssey. It is also worth noting that this trip is not all ‘smooth sailing’, with its share of darkness and tears, but right after the references to “crying”, the words change from “I am sailing” to “We are sailing,” as the sailor recognises that though it has seemed like it has been a solo journey, he/she now realises there has been another presence all along, and with this realisation comes a new freedom. One could imagine Jesus singing this about his own journey, which had its share of loneliness, periods when he was becalmed, storms and darkness.