1975年4月(確切日期不詳)，美國民謠女王 Joan Baez 推出第16張錄音室專輯 ，伴奏樂手找來 Larry Carlton、Wilton Felder 和 Joe Sample 等眾多爵士樂老將，曲目則是創作與翻唱各半，選了 Bob Dylan、Stevie Wonder、Allman Brothers Band、Jackson Browne、John Prine 以及 Janis Ian 等人的作品。
唱片公司 A&M Records 好不容易盼得一張 Baez 的 "商業" 專輯，企圖仿照先前翻唱 The Band "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" 的成功模式，先以歐曼兄弟的 "Blue Sky" 做為主打。然而出乎意料的是，Baez 未挑明但明顯是寫給 Bob Dylan 的 "Diamonds & Rust"，更加受到樂迷熱烈喜愛，成為她第二首進入 Top 40 的熱門單曲，也幫助專輯突破50萬張的金唱片認證門檻，造就其生涯巔峰。
Well I'll be damned
Here comes your ghost again
But that's not unusual
It's just that the moon is full
And you happened to call
And here I sit
Hand on the telephone
Hearing a voice I'd known
A couple of light years ago
Heading straight for a fall
As I remember your eyes
Were bluer than robin's eggs
My poetry was lousy you said
Where are you calling from?
A booth in the midwest
Ten years ago
I bought you some cufflinks
You brought me something
We both know what memories can bring
They bring diamonds and rust
Well you burst on the scene
Already a legend
The unwashed phenomenon
The original vagabond
You strayed into my arms
And there you stayed
Temporarily lost at sea
The Madonna was yours for free
Yes the girl on the half-shell
Would keep you unharmed
Now I see you standing
With brown leaves falling around
And snow in your hair
Now you're smiling out the window
Of that crummy hotel
Over Washington Square
Our breath comes out white clouds
Mingles and hangs in the air
Speaking strictly for me
We both could have died then and there
Now you're telling me
You're not nostalgic
Then give me another word for it
You who are so good with words
And at keeping things vague
Because I need some of that vagueness now
It's all come back too clearly
Yes I loved you dearly
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
I've already paid
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