(Beckley/Carmichael)
FROM DIAMONDS TO DUST
(©2007 Beckley/Carmichael)
FROM PAPERDOLL PRINCESS TO RICH DADDY'S GIRL
SHE WALTZED ACROSS TEXAS IN A FAIRYTALE WORLD
SHE MARRIED A BANKER WHOSE HANDS WERE LIKE ICE
AND CRIED HER POOR HEART TO SLEEP EVERY NIGHT
THEN ONE NIGHT IN DALLAS AT THE LONE STAR CAFE
SHE MET A YOUNG COWBOY WHO'D COME THERE TO PLAY
THEY DANCED EVERY DANCE AND WHEN MORNING CAME 'ROUND
THEY LEFT ARM IN ARM, SAN ANTONE BOUND
(CHORUS):
SHE WENT FROM DIAMONDS TO DUST, SILVER TO RUST
FROM A MANSION TO AN OLD COUNTRY FARM
SHE WENT FROM DIAMONDS TO DUST, HEARTACHE TO TRUST
FROM COLD HANDS TO WARM, LOVING ARMS
NOW BEAT-UP, BLUE PICKUP IS HER LIMOUSINE
FINE DINING IS ICED TEA, CORN BREAD AND BEANS
AND EACH DAY SHE THANKS THE GOOD LORD ABOVE
ALL SHE EVER WANTED WAS SOMEONE TO LOVE
(CHORUS):
SHE WENT FROM DIAMONDS TO DUST, SILVER TO RUST
FROM A MANSION TO AN OLD COUNTRY FARM
SHE WENT FROM DIAMONDS TO DUST, HEARTACHE TO TRUST
FROM COLD HANDS TO WARM, LOVING ARMS
(BRIDGE):
ALL THE RICHES IN TEXAS COULD NEVER OUTSHINE
THE TRUE LOVE THAT SPARKLES IN HER COWBOY'S EYES
(CHORUS):
SHE WENT FROM DIAMONDS TO DUST, SILVER TO RUST
FROM A MANSION TO AN OLD COUNTRY FARM
SHE WENT FROM DIAMONDS TO DUST, HEARTACHE TO TRUST
FROM COLD HANDS TO WARM, LOVING ARMS
DIAMONDS TO DUST, HEARTACHE TO TRUST
FROM COLD HANDS TO WARM, LOVING ARMS