Lyrics to
Venusian Diamond

This version of Venusian Diamond was released by Carole King in 1978.

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On the thirty-first day of the summer moon
In the marketplace
Somebody touched my hand and said
I was a woman of taste
Then with a flutter of wings
Amid the clutter of things
I saw the Venusian Diamond through a sea of grace

It said, ‘Lay all of your money down
And I will be your own
Do it if you can
If you don’t, you better leave it alone’
Then there appeared a serpent hanging
Like a thunder rope
He said, ‘Pull me’ – I did
And fell into the wrong end of a telescope
So I began to run
I knew not to where I’d come
I could hear the Venusian Diamond and it
Gave me hope
It said, ‘Shatter all your images
And I will be your own
Do it if you can
If you don’t, you better leave it alone’
Selves
Selfish
Selfless
Self

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About Lyrics and Venusian Diamond by Carole King

The lyrics for Venusian Diamond are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by Carole King. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Venusian Diamond have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Venusian Diamond - Carole King and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Venusian Diamond by Carole King in multiple 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 Venusian Diamond" means the words set to the music of Venusian Diamond, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carole King. 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 Venusian Diamond and the lyrics to Venusian Diamond are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carole King who came here looking just for the lyrics to Venusian Diamond, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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