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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