Diamond smiles (video)

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1. Traffics wild tonight, Diamond smiles her cocktail smile,

A

tonight she’s in heavy disguise,

D

she looks at her wrist to clock the passing time.

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Weather’s mild tonight, she wonders will they notice her eyes,

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she wonders will her glamour survive,

D

and can they see she’s going down a third time.

D G

2. Oh, everybody tries, it’s Dale Carnegie gone wild,

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but Barbara Cartland’s child,

D

long ago perfected the motionless glide.

D G

And in the low voltage noise diamond seems so sure and so poised.

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she shimmers for the bright young boys,

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and says, “love is for others but me it destroys.”

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3. The girl in the cake jumped out too soon by mistake,

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somebody said the whole thing’s half baked,

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and Diamond lifts her glass and says, “Cheers.”

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She stands to one side, there’s no more to this than meets the eye,

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everybody drinks Martini dry,

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and talks about clothes and the latest styles.

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Oh, oh they said she did it with grace, they said she did it with style,

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they said she did it all, they said before she died.

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, I remember Diamond’s smile.

D

4. Nobody saw her go, they said they should have noticed,

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‘cause her dress was cut so low, well, it only goes to show,

D

ha, ha how many real men any of us know.

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She went up the stairs, stood upon the vanity chair,

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tied her lamee belt around the chandelier,

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and went out kicking at the perfumed air.

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Oh, oh they said she did it with grace, they said she did it with style,

G A

they said she did it all, they said before she died.

G A D

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, I remember Diamond’s smile.

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Na, na, na, na, na, na … (4x) ….

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Boomtown Rats)