Trying to Make a Diamond

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She was a child of the sixties and she grew up fast,

learnin’ way too much as the time flashed past –

Tryin’ to make sense of it all

Tryin’ to make sense of it all

The frequent victim of an uncle’s sick desire,

she sacrificed her childhood on the altar of denial –

Tryin’ to forget the pain

Tryin’ to forget the shame

She has the eyes of an artist

and a poet’s soul,

married to a man with a heart of coal.

Tryin’ to Make a Diamond there –

She’s Tryin’ to Make a Diamond there.

She spent most of her lifetime frozen in a spell;

it was winter every day, and she stayed in her shell –

Tryin’ to get warm

Tryin’ to get warm

And then one day, out of a clear blue sky,

the memories came back and she taught herself to cry –

Melting the ice away

Melting the ice away

She has the eyes of an artist

and a poet’s soul,

married to a man with a heart of coal.

Tryin’ to Make a Diamond there –

She’s Tryin’ to Make a Diamond there.

She has the eyes of an artist

and a poet’s soul,

married to a man with a heart of coal.

Tryin’ to Make a Diamond there –

If anybody can, she’ll Make a Diamond there.