Name: Diamonds in the Mine
Duration: P00H03M55S
Description: One of the most hilariously dark songs you will ever encounter. Please, if you listen to it and have an idea about the meaning of the song let us know lol

Diamonds in the Mine

by Leonard Cohen

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One of the most hilariously dark songs you will ever encounter. Please, if you listen to it and have an idea about the meaning of the song let us know lol

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Diamonds in the Mine
Leonard Cohen
The woman in blue, she's asking for revenge
The man in white -- that's you -- says he has no friends
The river is swollen up with rusty cans
And the trees are burning in your promised land
And there are no letters in the mailbox
And there are no grapes upon the vine
And there are no chocolates in the boxes anymore
And there are no diamonds in the mine
Well, you tell me that your lover has a broken limb
You say you're kind of restless now and it's on account of him
Well, I saw the man in question, it was just the other night
He was eating up a lady where the lions and Christians fight
And there are no letters in the mailbox
And there are no grapes upon the vine
And there are no chocolates in the boxes anymore
And there are no diamonds in the mine
Ah, there is no comfort in the covens of the witch
Some very clever doctor went and sterilized the bitch
And the only man of energy, yes the revolution's pride
He trained a hundred women just to kill an unborn child
And there are no letters in the mailbox
Oh no, there are no, no grapes upon your vine
And there are, there are no chocolates in your boxes anymore
And there are no diamonds in your mine
And there are no letters in the mailbox
And there are no grapes upon the vine
And there are no chocolates in your boxes anymore
And there are no diamonds in your mine

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released August 14, 2021
Song By Leonard Cohen
All instruments and artwork by Ben Kahans keeping Music Mondays alive in Vung Tau, Vietnam

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Music Mondays get together and play music, eat food and sometimes drink beer on Monday nights in Vung Tau, Vietnam. Now in an extended lockdown we will be doing some home recordings and hope to be out playing live shortly

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