Diamond in My Crown - Emmylou Harris

As each long day rolls by and falls behind me In the lonely night there’s a peacefulness I’ve found

Though I’m weary even then when I rise to start again

There’ll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown.

I have wasted all that life has laid before me I have watched as all the green fields turned to brown

But I shall not disavow all these ties that bind me now

There’ll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown

Bridge:

Shining down some day I know

Brighter than all their streets of gold

When the burdens that I carry I will lay down

And the sorrows I have known

I’ll see them all be overthrown

There’ll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown.

With the passing of the years I will grow stronger

Just as sure as this old world keeps spinning round

Then the closer I will be to my Sweetest Victory

There’ll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown