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Thread #72227 Message #1242084
Posted By: Murray MacLeod
07-Aug-04 - 07:11 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A hymn ending 'jewels in the crown'
Subject: Lyr Add: DIAMOND IN MY CROWN (from Emmylou Harris)
I don't suppose for a minute that this is the hymn you want, but one of the most beautiful songs Emmylou ever recorded was "Diamond in my Crown"
As each long day rolls by and falls behind me In the lonely night there's a peacefulness I've found Tho' I'm weary even then When I rise to start again There'll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown I have wasted all that life has laid before me I have watched as all the green fields turn to brown But I shall not disavow All these ties that bind me now There'll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown CHORUS: Shining down some day I know Brighter than all their streets of gold When the burdens that I carry I will lay down And the sorrows I have known I'll see them all be overthrown There'll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown
Through the passing of the years I will grow stronger Just as sure as this old world keeps spinning 'round Then the closer I will be To my sweetest victory There'll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown