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From his 1976 album 'Desire'.
EmUp on the white veranda
CShe wears a necktie and a PGanama hat.
EmHer passport shows a face
CFrom another time and Gplace
She looks nothin' like that.
CAnd all the remnants of herG recent past
EmAre scGattered in the wild wind.
DShe walks across the marble floor
CWherDe a voice frCom the gambling Emroom is callin' her to cGome on in.
EmShe smiles, walks the other wAmay
As the Clast sDhip saCils aEmnd the mAmoon fades awCay
From CBlack Am7DiamonAmd BayG.
EmAs the mornin' light breaks open, the Greek comes down
CAnd he asks for a rope and Ga pen that will write.
Em"Pardon, monsieur," the desk clerk says,
CCarefully removes his fez, G
"Am I hearin' you right?"
CAnd as the yellow fog is liGftin'
EmThe GrGeek is quickly headin' for the second floor.
DShe passes him on the spiral staircase
CThinDkin' he's thCe Soviet AmbassaEmdor, G
EmShe starts to speak, but he wAmalks away
CAs theD stormC clouEmds rise Amand the palmC branches sway
COn BlaAm7ck DiaAmmond GBay.
EmA soldier sits beneath the fan
CDoin' business with a tiny man who sGells him a ring.
EmLightning strikes, the lights blow out.
CThe desk clerk wakes and begins to shGout,
"Can you see anything?"
CThen the Greek appears on the secondG floor
EmIn his bare feet with a rope around his Gneck,
While a loser in the gambling room lights up a candle,
DSays, "Open up another deck."
CBut the dealer saDys, "CAttendez-vous, s'il vEmous plait,''
CAs the Drain beats dCown and the cEmranes fAmly awCay
CFrom BlaAm7ck DiaAmmond BGay.
EmThe desk clerk heard the woman laugh
CAs he looked around the aftermath and the soldier got toGugh.
EmHe tried to grab the woman's hand,
CSaid, "Here's a ring, it cost a graGnd."
She said, "That ain't enough."
CThen she ran upstairs to pack her Gbags
EmWhile a horse-drawn taxi waited at thGe curb.
She passed the door that the Greek had locked,
DWhere a handwritten sign read, "Do Not Disturb."
CShe kDnocked Cupon it anywEmay
CAs the sun Dwent down and the Cmusic diEmd plAmay C
COn BlAm7ack DiaAmmond BGay.
Em"I've got to talk to someone quick!"
CBut the Greek said, "Go away," and he kicked the cGhair to the floor.
EmHe hung there from the chandelier.
CShe cried, "Help, there's danger nGear
Please open up the door!"
CThen the volcano eruGpted
EmAnd the lava flowed down from the mountain high Gabove.
DThe soldier and the tiny man were crouched in the corner
Thinking of forbidden love.
CBut the deDsk clCerk said, "It happens everEmy day,"
CAs the stars fell doDwn and the fields CburEmned aAmwayC
COn BlAm7ack DiAmamond BGay.
EmAs the island slowly sank
CThe loser finally broke the bank in the gamblinGg room.
EmThe dealer said, "It's too late now.
CYou can take your money, but I don't knoGw how
You'll spend it in the tomb."
CThe tiny man bit the soldier'Gs ear
EmAs the floor caved in and the boiler in the basGement blew,
DWhile she's out on the balcony, where a stranger tells her,
"My darling, je vous aime beaucoup."
CShe sheds a Dtear andC then begins to prEmay
CAs the fire burns on and thDe smoke driCftEms aAmwayC
CFrom BAm7lack DiAmamond BGay.
EmI was sittin' home alone one night in L.A.,
CWatchin' old Cronkite on the seven o'clocGk news.
EmIt seems there was an earthquake that
CLeft nothin' but a Panama Ghat
And a pair of old Greek shoes.
CDidn't seem like much was happenGin',
EmSo I turned it off and went to grab another beGer.
DSeems like every time you turn around
There's another hard-luck story that you're gonna hear
CAnd there's really noDthin' aCnyone can sEmay
CAnd I nevDer did pClan Emto Amgo anCyway
CTo BAm7lack DAmiamond BGay.
Finish off with intro.
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