这首歌表达的是Joan Baez和Bob Dylan间 一段藕断丝连的情感。上世纪六、七十年代，这两个人是美国音乐圈最有影响的歌手，有很多人都是唱着他们的反战歌曲和民谣长大的。
分手许多年以后，在一场Joan Baez的演唱会上，唱到第三首歌的时候，Joan Baez用略带颤抖的声音说了句：“I’ll be damned look what the wind brought in!”（真见鬼，什么风把你吹来了？） 随后，Bob Dylan一头乱头发在台上出现，抱着个吉他，坐在Baez身边。歌迷们沸腾了，高声欢呼，随后开始沉醉于两人合唱的《blowing in the wind》 。唱完后，Bob Dylan随即匆匆走掉，Baez眼泪汪汪地接着唱她自己写的歌《diamonds and rust》，这是把藕断丝连表达得最直白的歌词，也只有他们两人才能懂得全部含义。这首歌也为 十年后他们的复合打下了伏笔。
分手许多年以后，在一场Joan Baez的演唱会上，唱到第三首歌的时候，Joan Baez用略带颤抖的声音说了句：“I’ll be damned look what the wind brought in!”（真见鬼，什么风把你吹来了？） 随后，Bob Dylan一头乱头发在台上出现，抱着个吉他，坐在Baez身边。歌迷们沸腾了，高声欢呼，随后开始沉醉于两人合唱的《blowing in the wind》 。唱完后，Bob Dylan随即匆匆走掉，Baez眼泪汪汪地接着唱她自己写的歌《diamonds and rust》，这是把藕断丝连表达得最直白的歌词，也只有他们两人才能懂得全部含义。这首歌也为 十年后他们的复合打下了伏笔。
英文歌词：
Well, I’ll be damned
Here comes your ghost again
But that’s not unusual
It’s just that the moon is full
And you happened to call
And here I sit
Hand on the telephone
Hearing a voice I’d known
A couple of light years ago
Heading straight for a fall
As I remember your eyes
Were bluer than robin’s eggs
My poetry was lousy you said
Where are you calling from?
A booth in the Midwest
Ten years ago I bought you some cufflinks
You brought me something
We both know what memories can bring
They bring diamonds and rust
Well, you burst on the scene, already a legend
The unwashed phenomenon
The original vagabond
You strayed into my arms
And there you stayed
Temporarily lost at sea
The Madonna was yours for free
Yes, the girl on the half-shell
Could keep you unharmed
Now I see you standing with brown leaves falling around
And snow in your hair
Now you’re smiling out the window of that crummy hotel
Over Washington Square
Our breath comes out white clouds
Mingles and hangs in the air
Speaking strictly for me
We both could have died then and there
Now you’re telling me you’re not nostalgic
Then give me another word for it
You who are so good with words
And at keeping things vague
’Cause I need some of that vagueness now
It’s all come back too clearly
Yes, I once loved you dearly
And if you’re offering me diamonds and rust
I’ve already paid
Well, I’ll be damned
Here comes your ghost again
But that’s not unusual
It’s just that the moon is full
And you happened to call
And here I sit
Hand on the telephone
Hearing a voice I’d known
A couple of light years ago
Heading straight for a fall
As I remember your eyes
Were bluer than robin’s eggs
My poetry was lousy you said
Where are you calling from?
A booth in the Midwest
Ten years ago I bought you some cufflinks
You brought me something
We both know what memories can bring
They bring diamonds and rust
Well, you burst on the scene, already a legend
The unwashed phenomenon
The original vagabond
You strayed into my arms
And there you stayed
Temporarily lost at sea
The Madonna was yours for free
Yes, the girl on the half-shell
Could keep you unharmed
Now I see you standing with brown leaves falling around
And snow in your hair
Now you’re smiling out the window of that crummy hotel
Over Washington Square
Our breath comes out white clouds
Mingles and hangs in the air
Speaking strictly for me
We both could have died then and there
Now you’re telling me you’re not nostalgic
Then give me another word for it
You who are so good with words
And at keeping things vague
’Cause I need some of that vagueness now
It’s all come back too clearly
Yes, I once loved you dearly
And if you’re offering me diamonds and rust
I’ve already paid