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Diamonds & Dust

from Making Memories by Merilyn Steele

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Diamonds and Dust is a cracking country rock ballad about betrayal, heartbreak and love gone wrong.
With an 80's retro rock feel and a key change near the end that lifts the song to another level again.

lyrics

DIAMONDS & DUST
©M.Steele

Love is like a precious diamond
A gemstone in the rough
It needs work to keep it shining
To make it bright enough

You showed me a world of treasures
I drowned in the fairy tale
You doused me in your gold dust
But just as soon took it away

I gave, you took
Heart broke, you looked the other way

I gave you diamonds
You gave me dust
Whatever I gave you
Wasn’t enough
Not enough to hold you
Or make you want to stay
But I don’t want your diamonds anyway

Many times I reached out for you
You just turned me away
So afraid to show your feelings
In case you looked weak or lame

I’ve never felt so elated
Or so confused at the same time
I’ve never known anything like this
I know you never will be mine

I gave, you took
Heart broke, you looked the other way

I gave you diamonds
You gave me dust
Whatever I gave you
Wasn’t enough
Not enough to hold you


Or make you want to stay
But I don’t want your diamonds anyway

Bridge:
What kind of person
Throws away a jewel?
What kind of person
Are you?

I gave you diamonds
You gave me dust
Whatever I gave you
Wasn’t enough
Not enough to hold you
Or make you want to stay
But I don’t want your diamonds anyway!


Now I don’t want your diamonds
I don’t need your diamonds
I don’t want your diamonds anyway!

credits

from Making Memories, released April 5, 2024
All music and lyrics by Merilyn Steele
Produced, mixed and mastered by Michael Carpenter @the House Studio Sydney
Merilyn Steele - Lead vocals, acoustic & electric rhythm guitars, mandolin, harmony vocals
Michael Carpenter - Drums, bass, keyboards/piano, Electric lead & other guitar parts, harmony vocals
Photography by Mahdi@Snappr
Artwork by Michael Carpenter

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