Diamonds, roses, I need Moses To cross this sea of loneliness, part this Red River of pain I don't necessarily buy any key to the future or happiness But I need a little place in the sun sometimes or I think I will die And everywhere is somewhere and nowhere is near Everybody got somebody with their wine and their beer So I'm just this tragic figure in the corner over here With an empty apartment and a best friend who is queer Every time I see him he smiles And he tells me how well he's walking these miles But he never ever asks a single thing about me If I die, he'd hear about it eventually Your diamonds, roses, I need Moses To cross this sea of loneliness Part this Red River of pain, oh, oh, oh And everywhere is somewhere and nowhere is near Everybody got somebody with their wine and their beer So I'm just this tragic figure in the corner over here Go home to empty apartment and call a best friend who is a queer Oh diamonds, roses, I need Moses To cross this sea of loneliness, part this Red River of pain To cross this sea of loneliness, part this Red River of pain To cross this sea of loneliness, part this Red River of pain, of pain Oh, oh
Diamonds, roses, I need Moses To cross this sea of loneliness, part this Red River of pain I don't necessarily buy any key to the future or happiness But I need a little place in the sun sometimes or I think I will die And everywhere is somewhere and nowhere is near Everybody got somebody with their wine and their beer So I'm just this tragic figure in the corner over here With an empty apartment and a best friend who is queer Every time I see him he smiles And he tells me how well he's walking these miles But he never ever asks a single thing about me If I die, he'd hear about it eventually Your diamonds, roses, I need Moses To cross this sea of loneliness Part this Red River of pain, oh, oh, oh And everywhere is somewhere and nowhere is near Everybody got somebody with their wine and their beer So I'm just this tragic figure in the corner over here Go home to empty apartment and call a best friend who is a queer Oh diamonds, roses, I need Moses To cross this sea of loneliness, part this Red River of pain To cross this sea of loneliness, part this Red River of pain To cross this sea of loneliness, part this Red River of pain, of pain Oh, oh
