Black Diamond Bay
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Intro :
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UEmp on the white veranda
SChe wears a necktie and a PaGnama hat.
HEmer passport shows a face
FCrom another time and pGlace
She looks nothin' like that.
ACnd all the remnants of her Grecent past
AEmre scaGttered in the wild wind.
SDhe walks across the marble floor
WChereD a voice froCm the gambling rEmoom is callin' her to coGme on in.
SEmhe smiles walks the other waAmy
As the lCast shDip saiCls anEmd the moAmon fades awaCy
From BClack DAm7iamondAm Bay.G
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AEms the mornin' light breaks open the Greek comes down
ACnd he asks for a rope and aG pen that will write.
"EmPardon monsieur" the desk clerk says
CCarefully removes his fez G
"Am I hearin' you right?"
ACnd as the yellow fog is lifGtin'
TEmhe GreGek is quickly headin' for the second floor.
SDhe passes him on the spiral staircase
TChinkDin' he's theC Soviet AmbassadEmor G
SEmhe starts to speak but he waAmlks away
ACs the Dstorm CcloudEms rise aAmnd the palm Cbranches sway
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AEm soldier sits beneath the fan
DCoin' business with a tiny man who seGlls him a ring.
LEmightning strikes the lights blow out.
TChe desk clerk wakes and begins to shoGut
"Can you see anything?"
TChen the Greek appears on the second Gfloor
IEmn his bare feet with a rope around his nGeck
While a loser in the gambling room lights up a candle
SDays "Open up another deck."
BCut the dealer sayDs "ACttendez-vous s'il voEmus plait''
ACs the rDain beats doCwn and the crEmanes flAmy awaCy
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TEmhe desk clerk heard the woman laugh
ACs he looked around the aftermath and the soldier got touGgh.
HEme tried to grab the woman's hand
SCaid "Here's a ring it cost a granGd."
She said "That ain't enough."
TChen she ran upstairs to pack her bGags
WEmhile a horse-drawn taxi waited at theG curb.
She passed the door that the Greek had locked
WDhere a handwritten sign read "Do Not Disturb."
SChe knDocked uCpon it anywaEmy
ACs the sun wDent down and the mCusic didEm playAm C
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"EmI've got to talk to someone quick!"
BCut the Greek said "Go away" and he kicked the chGair to the floor.
HEme hung there from the chandelier.
SChe cried "Help there's danger neGar
Please open up the door!"
TChen the volcano erupGted
AEmnd the lava flowed down from the mountain high aGbove.
TDhe soldier and the tiny man were crouched in the corner
Thinking of forbidden love.
BCut the desDk cleCrk said "It happens everyEm day"
ACs the stars fell dowDn and the fields bCurneEmd awaAmy C
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AEms the island slowly sank
TChe loser finally broke the bank in the gamblingG room.
TEmhe dealer said "It's too late now.
YCou can take your money but I don't knowG how
You'll spend it in the tomb."
TChe tiny man bit the soldier'sG ear
AEms the floor caved in and the boiler in the baseGment blew
WDhile she's out on the balcony where a stranger tells her
"My darling je vous aime beaucoup."
SChe sheds a tDear and Cthen begins to praEmy
ACs the fire burns on and theD smoke drifCts aEmway Am C
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IEm was sittin' home alone one night in L.A.
WCatchin' old Cronkite on the seven o'clockG news.
IEmt seems there was an earthquake that
LCeft nothin' but a Panama hGat
And a pair of old Greek shoes.
DCidn't seem like much was happeniGn'
SEmo I turned it off and went to grab another beeGr.
SDeems like every time you turn around
There's another hard-luck story that you're gonna hear
ACnd there's really notDhin' anCyone can saEmy
ACnd I neveDr did plCan tEmo go AmanywaCy
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