Lyrics to
Diamonds In The Mine

This version of Diamonds In The Mine was released by Leonard Cohen in 1971.

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The woman in blue, she’s asking for revenge,
the man in white — that’s you — says he has no friends.
The river is swollen up with rusty cans
and the trees are burning in your promised land.
And there are no letters in the mailbox,
and there are no grapes upon the vine,
and there are no chocolates in the boxes anymore,
and there are no diamonds in the mine.

Well, you tell me that your lover has a broken limb,
you say you’re kind of restless now and it’s on account of him.
Well, I saw the man in question, it was just the other night,
he was eating up a lady where the lions and Christians fight.

And there are no letters in the mailbox
and there are no grapes upon the vine,
and there are no chocolates in the boxes anymore,
and there are no diamonds in the mine.

(You tell them now)

Ah, there is no comfort in the covens of the witch,
some very clever doctor went and sterilized the bitch,
and the only man of energy, yes the revolution’s pride,
he trained a hundred women just to kill an unborn child.

And there are no letters in the mailbox,
oh no, there are no, no grapes upon your vine,
and there are, there are no chocolates in your boxes anymore,
and there are no diamonds in your mine.
And there are no letters in the mailbox,
and there are no grapes upon the vine,
and there are no chocolates in your boxes anymore,
and there are no diamonds in your mine.

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About Lyrics and Diamonds In The Mine by Leonard Cohen

The lyrics to Diamonds In The Mine are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Leonard Cohen in 1971. Elements of the lyrics to Diamonds In The Mine are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Leonard Cohen and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Diamonds In The Mine back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Diamonds In The Mine by Leonard Cohen in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Diamonds In The Mine" means the words set to the music of Diamonds In The Mine, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Leonard Cohen. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Diamonds In The Mine and the lyrics to Diamonds In The Mine are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Leonard Cohen who came here looking just for the lyrics to Diamonds In The Mine, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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