I shook the hand of the president and the pope in Rome

I've been to parties where I've had to be flown

They said everything was sacred nothing was profane

And money was something that you throw off the back of trains

Oh always keep a diamond in your mind

You gotta always keep a diamond in your mind

Wherever you may wander

Wherever you may roam

You gotta always keep a diamond in your mind

Steam of the gravy with little fried pearls

Floating like a necklace on a beautiful girl

Johan says thanks to the food and land

And oh so ever grateful for God's on my hands

Oh always keep a diamond in your mind

Always keep a diamond in your mind

Wherever you may wander

Wherever you may roam

You gotta always keep a diamond in your mind

She's got the milk of human kindness

And the fat of the lamb

Scared like a baby well she drives like a man

She lives outside of Natchez where she operates a crane

She's like a wrecking ball

No longer connected to the chain

Oh Zerelda Samuel said she almost never prayed

Said she lost her right arm blown off in a Pinkerton raid

Then they lashed her to a windmill

With old three-fingered Dave

Now she's one hundred and two drinking mint juleps in the shade

Everybody always keep a diamond in your mind

You gotta always keep a diamond in your mind

Wherever you may wander

Wherever you may roam

Your gotta always keep a diamond in your mind

Always keep a diamond in your mind

Always keep a diamond in your mind

Wherever you may wander

Wherever you may roam

Wherever you may roam

Your gotta always keep a diamond in your mind

One more time

Always keep a diamond in your mind

Always keep a diamond in your mind

Wherever you may wander

Wherever you may roam

Your gotta always keep a diamond in your mind

Always keep a diamond in your mind

Yes always keep a diamond in your mind