We laughed that morning, beneath the covers
Relived our lives as lifelong lovers
We celebrated cause we could
With the woodstove sparks that smelled so good
We danced and we sang, like when we were younger
Your old guitar rang out loud like thunder
We were guests of honour, and we brought each other
I told you no, but you always fussed in the presence of the diamond dust
Now the ice shines like the diamond does
In the ring that you entrusted to my finger
I've never liked to long, no, I've never been one to linger
On fancy things fated to fade, to stain or to rust
Like the diamond dust
For fifty years we built this home
Through the blazing summers and the blowing snow
I've watched generations that we planted grow
Patient and slow from those garden rows
That we rose above, with our love and lust independent of the diamond dust
The ice, it shines like the diamond does in the ring you entrusted to my finger
I've never liked to long for or linger on fancy things fated to stain or to rust
But there dawns a day when all of us must mourn our last morning, and all those within it
But God, if you'd give me just one more minute
I'd trade every last grain of my diamond dust
I'd pray that you stay away from the diamond dust