Diamonds and Rust

DIAMONDS AND RUST (Words and Music by Joan Baez)
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.



Can you go back and recapture something you once had with someone special? I don't know. I want to believe you can , but sometimes I am afraid that the past haunts like a ghost following you around with all the bad memories. The past for me is a lover that betrayed me with another woman ,and she haunts me. Not just she ,but also the fact that he choose her over me and then lied about it.
Now is now and that is the past , but can we really let go? Can we? I really want to know. I really want to know........