Diamonds On The Inside - Ben Harper

I knew a girl

Her name was truth

She was a horrible liar

She couldn’t spend one day long

But she couldn’t be satisfied

When you have everything

You have everything to lose

She made herself

A bed of nails

And shes plannin' on puttin' it to use

Cos she had diamonds on the inside

She had diamonds on the inside

She had diamonds on the inside

Diamonds

A candle throws its light into the darkness

In a nasty world, so shines the good deed

Make sure the fortune, that you seek

Is the fortune that you need

So tell me why, the first to ask, is the last to give, everytime

What you say and do not mean

Follow too close behind

Cos she had diamonds on the inside

She had diamonds on the inside

She wore diamonds on the inside

Diamonds

Like a soldier standing long under fire

Any change comes as a relief

Let the giver’s name remain unspoken

For she is just a generous thief

But she had diamonds on the inside

Cos she had diamonds on the inside

She wore diamonds on the inside

She wore diamonds

Oh diamonds

She had diamonds

She wore diamonds

Diamonds