Diamond Days
Some days you get diamonds,
Some days nickels and dimes
Some days lifes a poem
Some days nothing rhymes,
Some days youre a winner,
Some days you lose,
Some days all youre doing is paying dues.
On a Wednesday I was playing in a biker bar outside Topeka
On that Friday I was playing on a blues cruise, going to Dominica
Ebbs and flows, like the tide
Some days you get diamonds,
Some days nickels and dimes,
Some days sparkle,
Some days nothing shines,
Some days youre given
Some days you choose,
Some days all youre doing is paying dues.
Tonight Im sleeping in a 5-Star hotel, Wouldnt ask for more,
But I remember I wound up many a night sleeping on a strangers floor,
Sometimes you walk, sometimes you ride.
Some folks treat you like something under their shoe, aint nothin new.
Others greet you like a holy prophet, now what you gonna do?
You try to take it all in stride,
Cuz some days you get diamonds,
Some days nickels and dimes,
Some days youre out of tune,
Some days it all chimes,
Some days youre grinnin,
Some days youre frownin; the blues,
Some days all youre doing is payin dues
Some days all youre doing is payin dues